Thanks

Happy Thanksgiving !!!

What I Am Thankful For:

Rain

A car that works

The way my dog sleeps under the covers with me

Being married to someone I really love

A good job

The ocean

Being divorced from someone I really don't love

My bed after a 12 hour nightshift

Old Friends

That I got to say goodbye to my Dad

My house

Royce's arms and Royce's eyes

New friends

For 3 beautiful children from a bad marriage

That I got pregnant and stayed pregnant

That I have a child with my soulmate

Spa pedicures

That my tubes are tied

Being forgiven

That I got to take care of Anne 5 Thanksgivings ago

Cloudy days

NyQuil

That I went to nursing school

Second chances

That I was adopted

That I found my other family

A properly made long island ice tea

A new belief system

The freedom to have a new belief system

Strip clubs

Pool halls

Tantric sex and mind blowing orgasms

Phoenix sunsets

A working washer and dryer

Comfortable shoes

Insurance

That I get to sleep through Thanksgiving

Yesterday I took my mom to the grocery store. Everyone around me is overflowing their carts with pies and turkeys and food. I'm thinking about how I don't like being around my family at Thanksgiving, how I'm glad I don't have to eat with them, how I hate Thanksgiving in general, how tired I am from staying up at work all night, how my feet hurt, how I can't wait to get to my bed, how I really don't feel like grocery shopping for my kids right now and dread making lunches when I get home in a few.

And then I see her.

She is about 50. Dirty hair under a dirty hat. She is walking through the store in socks. Her clothes are dirty too. Her hands are old. Her face is tired. She is clutching a few items in her arms. When I get behind her at the register I see that her few items are a 3 pack of women's underwear, toothpaste, and a little bottle of hand sanitizer. She pays with change.

And I'm thankful I have a job to be tired from.

That I have kids to shop for.

That I have family, even though we don't see eye to eye.

That I'm invited to dinner.

That I have shoes.

That I have a bed.

That I need to make little lunches.

That I'm not alone.

And that I saw her .............And then saw what I really have.

I gave her $30.

She said "Thank You."

I should have thanked her.