Thanksgiving

We start our family prayer every night by saying what one thing we are grateful for. Buckaroo is often grateful for playing his DS. Polly is generally grateful she got to play with friends. It is the simple things that make them happy. I am grateful for that.

I am also grateful for bigger things. The last two years we have been as much a victim of the economy as everyone else. We weren't prepared for things to go downhill. And, even if we were, we certainly weren't as prepared as we would have needed to be.

But we have survived. And--I am knocking on wood here--if the worst is over, or if this is as bad as it gets, I think my accidental business will stay in tact. It is going to change, evolve. I have some changes on the horizon that will be happening one way or another. Change isn't always bad. Except when "change" involves a trashed home.

My list of gratitude this Thanksgiving is longer and more personal than I wish to get into in this simple blog. But I can tell you this. I am grateful to have had this adventure. This journey may not last forever, but in the end I hope to look back and know I did my best and acted in a way that my children can benefit from. I am grateful I have my blog. And, I am also very grateful I have a few readers who follow along on my adventures.

Thank you all.