I got to sleep in this morning. Woke up with my beautiful wife, who is wonderful in all things, and I am thankful for her company. I had the opportunity to sleep in, and I’m thankful for that. I made her breakfast, and we enjoyed just another taken-for-granted meal as a tiny part of the safest and most abundant food supply chain in the world. And I’m thankful for that.
She made dishes for our dinner. I helped a tiny bit, but she did the most of it. She made an apple pie, the proud daughter of a blue ribbon apple pie baker. I am thankful for delicious family recipes.
I am thankful for my family, which is wide and wonderful. I could not be with them today, but missing them makes you realize all the more how fortunate you are. This is a collage of a few of the important people in my little world.
I am thankful for great colleagues and talented students and a beautiful campus that make a terrific place to work. It is truly an amazing experience and I’m fortunate every day I get to be there.
I am thankful for the news, and all the incredible acts of journalism – big and small – that everyday goes into it. I am critical of it sometimes, because we live in an amazing part of the world where you can do that, and because it sometimes deserves it. I am proud of it because — having worked in that field, and now teaching young people how to work in that industry — I know how challenging and demanding it can be. I know how important it is to our society and I value its role. There’s no understating it. The hard work people in the news game is undervalued and essential. I’m thankful for all of it.
I am thankful for Allie, The Black Cat, who gives us a lot of entertainment and affection, and only demands your every waking moment that she wants, in return.
I am thankful for my view from here. I’m thankful that I got to ride today. It was 48 degrees, but I got in 27 miles. I had dead legs and a slow pace. Eventually my legs were so cold I wondered if I could keep turning them over. That is cold enough, thanks, but it was a great ride. I am thankful for that.
Because it gives me views like this one:
I am thankful for friends, a new one we had dinner with tonight, and a peaceful evening of fun. I am thankful for the dog that fell asleep next to me and the cat who refused to let me stand up and leave at the end of the night.
It was a fine night, which followed a fine day full of thankful things, big and small.
I am pleased to know that being thankful is to appreciate what you have and not long for what you want.
Happy Thanksgiving to you. I hope you have had a wonderful day.
