Thankful

It has been my custom to post something I am thankful for each day in November.  Unfortunately, my gratitude posts were cut short this year, due to a nor'easter and some heavy wet snow coming to town and  taking with it my power, heat, phone, internet and sense of humor.  We survived the ordeal, and are happy to have all those things that had been lost restored.  I remain thankful...perhaps even more so, as I realize how difficult life is without many of the comforts that technology has added to my life, which I just take for granted.

In spite of the snow, which I never look forward to....never welcome....we were able to enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving with my precious family....it is one that may go down in the history books for various reasons...but I feel like just about all of our celebrations are memorable for one crazy reason or another.

I spent a wonderful afternoon and evening with family and yet...I was constantly consulting the Central Hudson website.  Should I have been more present....less anxious? Certainly the amount of times I checked the website had no bearing on how soon my power was restored?  Should I have trusted that all would be ok?  These are things I will ponder to prepare myself for the next crisis I am faced with.

But of one thing I am sure...that I am blessed....with amazing family with crazy senses of humor that make any situation so much fun;  that I am blessed by 3 wonderful children who are there with me through whatever it is we need to get through;  that I am blessed by friends such as one who invited me to her house to use her ipad to try and get some Christmas shopping done;  that  I am blessed by friends and co workers who make life a smile and that I am blessed by an imperfect life which is often a struggle, which is often confusing and exhausting...but that most days, I wouldn't trade.

“Be thankful for your allotment in an imperfect world.  Though better circumstances can be imagined, far worse are nearer misses than you probably care to realize.” 

~ Richelle E. Goodrich