Thanksgiving

I love Thanksgiving, I think because I like the idea of being mindful of what I'm grateful for in my life. Whether the gratitude relates to health, family, friends, or circumstances, I believe it's good for me to acknowledge those things that bring peace, laughter and love to my life.

Last Thanksgiving I chose to do a month of gratitude, because I was still very raw and fragile from losing Moe three months previous. I felt I needed a reminder of the things that brought light, however faint and distant, to the darkness that was my life. This year I think I'm going to do something a little different.

This year, I'll be writing a "Week of Gratitude" in the first week in December, and I'm going to limit my topics to those things that helped me survive the first year following Moe's death. I feel like I'm past a milestone now, and I want to acknowledge the things that helped me achieve some level of emotional stability and peace. I still struggle with the loss, but I feel I've graduated from "barely/not functional" to "managing well," and I want to mark this milestone by recognizing the things that helped me get here.

Happy Thanksgiving.