This year I am very thankful.
Top of my list is finally hearing about our daughter. For years I have been trying to reach out to her
to establish some sort of contact. This summer we finally heard from one of her
children and through him about the others. Through our son’s persistence we
finally made contact. It’s been 19 years
since we left Syracuse and maybe two years before that when our relationship with
our daughter became really strained. We knew
Sterling, her first child, but nothing of the others. I have been sending birthday cards and
Christmas cards but there has never been any acknowledgement so I never knew
how life fared for her. It has been a
constant tug at my conscience. Then this
summer through Facebook my son was able to establish contact with her second
child, Denzel. I have not seen him yet
but he was able to make a trip to New York and meet some of his relatives there
that he had never met. I hope to meet him one day and I hope to establish a
more meaningful relationship with Nicole and get to know all her children and
grandchild (my great grandchild).
Yes I am also thankful for my health. I am blessed there. I can still bike 100 miles in a day and earn
1st. place in my age group in a 10K race. Most of my former
competitors can no longer walk a 10K much less run one. This makes me feel
super thankful.
By far my greatest thankfulness is for the growth, depth and
richness of the relationship between my wife and myself. We have gotten to a place that just makes
life and living wonderful. It’s not because we have the means to travel now (we
did the Las Vegas/ Grand Canyon this year), nor is it because we have more
leisure time for TV or going out to dinner or a show. Yes, the means and the time helps, but it’s
much more than that. My thankfulness is
for the place we have reached in our relationship where we truly care for each
other, depend on each other and live for each other. It’s a place where we talk without reservation;
we are each other sounding boards and support system. In today’s lingo it’s deeper than a BFF. It’s
a special place and a special bond. I
hope all my children and grandchildren gets to enjoy this feeling of closeness in
their lifetime too.
I am thankful also
for all my children. Nicole I am still
working on re-establishing contact.
Chevol, you will always be my BFF even when we get mad at each
other. You make me happy. Aaron, you are
so much better than I was. I admire you.
I am thankful that my grandchildren are happy, healthy and loving. They are the joys in my life. I am thankful for each little moment that
they each of them chose to spend with me.
Then there are my siblings, my support system. I am thankful that they are still alive,
happy and wonderful. They make me
proud.
Yes, this
thanksgiving day I have a lot to be thankful for.
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