I Am Thankful This Thanksgiving

With the year coming to a close and Thanksgiving just around the corner I am thankful. Those closest may find it hard to believe giving the year that I have had but I am. The effects of the depression were felt in my house long before the announcement was ever made. Bills began to feel like the heaviest burden and the simple act of buying groceries for the week caused much stress.

Recently having discovered that one of our cars needed repairs far beyond our capabilities to perform due to lack of proper tools and equipment and beyond the means we have to pay for them we managed to come up with a solution. We began the long process of taking it apart to scrap piece by piece in an effort to help come up with the funds we will require to replace it. Sure we could have drove it across the scales and saved some trouble but the amount we would receive would be no where near what we need to come up with. Taking on a large project keeps us busy and ensures that we have no choice but to put up what we get since it won't be a large sum at once.

The project to fund a new used car gives me hope of my yard finally being free of all those little projects that came home to be fixed and never quite made it. That's a big reason to be thankful this Thanksgiving because this time when I go to clean the yard and haul things to the junk yard I won't be alone out there injuring my self.

This Thanksgiving I am thankful none the less. I have a roof over my head and a family that loves me. The baby has begun to explore on her on more and more as the year has past and I love to watch her discover things that are new to her. When I watch her I somehow manage to forget that the replacement of my roof is begin put off yet again. It needs replacing no doubt about that but either the money isn't available or the weather won't permit. Each storm makes its worse but at least it's still there for the moment.

I am thankful this Thanksgiving that I made a new friend this year. Not only is she there for me everyday it would seem but she helped me to find an income doing the one thing I love to do. I actually managed to make a small amount each month off my writing now. I don't get to see my name on it most of the time but that's o.k. I have a thing about people reading what I've written and by my name not being attached to all of it I can write freely and not worry about what anyone else might think.

While I won't get rich, have a house bigger than any person could ever need or a car off the showroom floor I have a roof over my head and by some small miracle food on my table. That's a lot to be thankful for when you realize that there are those that don't have power, food or a roof but manage to survive each day on the things we take for granted and discard as trash. So next time I begin to feel sorry for myself without reason I believe that I'll remember those lost souls that fell on hard times and never managed to recover.