Please pass the blessings...
I'm sitting here this morning, sipping a cup of coffee and listening to some Ella, and I had an urge to write up another blog entry. I don't really have much news, medically speaking. I was supposed to have my dialysis catheter surgery last week, but it was cancelled at the last minute because my surgeon had to do a liver transplant, and the operating rooms were full at UTSW. So, we're waiting on that to be rescheduled. In the meantime, my doc is checking my blood levels to make sure I'm ok to wait. I'm feeling great, though. Very strong and energetic.
This has been a wonderful week. Mike's parents were able to come and visit, so I made a Thanksgiving meal here at home for the four of us. It was quite yummy, if I may say so myself! We spent a lot of time relaxing at home in our pajamas playing XBox and watching movies. I also got a lot of my "honey do" tasks completed, like cleaning out my filing cabinet and organzing some things around the house. So now, this morning, I'm feeling calm, centered, at peace, and a bit reflective.
I love Thanksgiving. Growing up, Christmas was always my favorite because I always thought Thanksgiving was about nothing but food. I liked the carols, hot chocolate, and reindeer more, and I liked that Christmas seemed to last so much longer. Thanksgiving always seemed like a chance to eat too much and then lay around like slugs, not that there's anything wrong with that, but it didn't have that "magic" of Christmas.
I think my definition of the Thanksgiving holiday has changed over the last few years, though. This year, in particular, Thanksgiving meant so much to me. I didn't do the daily blessings this month. While I easily could have come up with a list of all the things I'm thankful for, it all really seemed to come down to one central idea - life. This past summer, I realized how valuable a gift it is to be able to breathe and think and feel. The most simplistic things are so often taken for granted, and Thankgiving provides us an opportunity to sit back and take it all in. Reading the posts of my friends on Facebook, for instance, showed me that so many of us take time over this holiday to step back and reflect. I think that is so important, and the biggest challenge is to remember to do that throughout the entire year.
Those moments of Thanksgiving peace, comfort, and joy seem to be rather short-lived, though, with riots over $2 waffle irons the next day on Black Friday. So quickly we forget...
I'm not one for New Year's resolutions, but there is definitely a feeling of starting anew at the beginning of each year. 2011 has been a doozy, but I've lived... and learned...
So here's the challenge - I'm going to make EVERY day a day of Thanksgiving. No turkey, gravy, dressing, or potatoes, but many, many thanks and blessings.
This has been a wonderful week. Mike's parents were able to come and visit, so I made a Thanksgiving meal here at home for the four of us. It was quite yummy, if I may say so myself! We spent a lot of time relaxing at home in our pajamas playing XBox and watching movies. I also got a lot of my "honey do" tasks completed, like cleaning out my filing cabinet and organzing some things around the house. So now, this morning, I'm feeling calm, centered, at peace, and a bit reflective.
I love Thanksgiving. Growing up, Christmas was always my favorite because I always thought Thanksgiving was about nothing but food. I liked the carols, hot chocolate, and reindeer more, and I liked that Christmas seemed to last so much longer. Thanksgiving always seemed like a chance to eat too much and then lay around like slugs, not that there's anything wrong with that, but it didn't have that "magic" of Christmas.
I think my definition of the Thanksgiving holiday has changed over the last few years, though. This year, in particular, Thanksgiving meant so much to me. I didn't do the daily blessings this month. While I easily could have come up with a list of all the things I'm thankful for, it all really seemed to come down to one central idea - life. This past summer, I realized how valuable a gift it is to be able to breathe and think and feel. The most simplistic things are so often taken for granted, and Thankgiving provides us an opportunity to sit back and take it all in. Reading the posts of my friends on Facebook, for instance, showed me that so many of us take time over this holiday to step back and reflect. I think that is so important, and the biggest challenge is to remember to do that throughout the entire year.
Those moments of Thanksgiving peace, comfort, and joy seem to be rather short-lived, though, with riots over $2 waffle irons the next day on Black Friday. So quickly we forget...
I'm not one for New Year's resolutions, but there is definitely a feeling of starting anew at the beginning of each year. 2011 has been a doozy, but I've lived... and learned...
So here's the challenge - I'm going to make EVERY day a day of Thanksgiving. No turkey, gravy, dressing, or potatoes, but many, many thanks and blessings.
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