A couple of friends and I were talking earlier this month about the things we are thankful for. (It is Thanksgiving around the corner before Christmas.)
The conversation turned to being thankful for trials with one's comment about being thankful that she and her immediate family live so far from family and lifelong friends now…
…because it allows her to grow and develop new friendships (okay, I'm paraphrasing.)
Another said she is thankful for the extra time she has (Really, I don't have extra time either, but she feels she does.)…
…because it helps her to be more creative and productive…
Wow, it's taken me a couple of days to come up with one I feel I can share here. My first response mirrored theirs with most of my family living many hours away and all. BUT…
I am thankful for the rain (we get a lot of that here)…
…because it pretty much keeps me homebound.
I am thankful that my car is not reliable at this time…
…because it keeps me homebound.
I am thankful for crummy health…
…because it keeps me homebound.
I am thankful for doctors that care for me…
…because their instructions keep me homebound.
Seeing a pattern here yet?
Okay, I am thankful for being homebound…
…because…sooner or later I run out of excuses and really get some quality writing done…(1000 words in my WIP today)
And hopefully this spring my publisher will smile at me and say, "I'm thankful that you were homebound…"
What are you thankful for?
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I am thankful for you being you.
I am thankful for you being you.
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