giving of thanks

usually I love this day. I spend time preparing, cooking, decorating. this year it has faded into the background. instead i have disappeared, stayed in pyjamas, and read. illness has reared it's ugly head  and consumed me. 

I am thankful for a day of rest.

I am thankful for my love.

I am thankful for my tribe.

I am thankful that hospitals exist to care for my lovely and her little lovelies.

I am thankful for fall.

I am thankful for work.

I am thankful for the embarrassment of riches that is my life.

gratitude fills in the spots that sorrow has left. it seeps in to remind me that the pain is part of the joy. it fills me with a joy that lightens.