I Give Thanks - 2010 Edition

It's that time once again for this year's edition of I Give Thanks. While the year has been filled with challenges, as the song goes and as a dear friend said this week, "I'm Still Here."

I give thanks for . . .

• the ability to get out of bed each morning, of my own will and strength

• wisdom to understand the difference between what I must do and what I want to do; often I am truly blessed, for they are the same

• family and friends and the support that they give me

• a nation where I can enjoy many freedoms that others cannot

• an online community of genealogy colleagues whose support is equal to none

• the knowledge that I must let go of what is in my hands in order to receive the next gift 

• the desire to play the entire keyboard that is life, not just the most common keys

• a career in genealogy and family history, doing what I absolutely love

• the responsibility and duty of caring for an aging parent

• a sense of humor

• a roof over my head and a meal on the table

• the friends and loved ones who have passed on this year and what their lives meant to me

• memories of what was and the hope for what may be

• a universe that bends towards justice

I give thanks.

© 2010, copyright Thomas MacEntee