Monday, November 22, 2010

Remember to be Thankful at Thanksgiving

As Thanksgiving nears, we need to stop and reflect on all the things we’re thankful for. So here are my own personal thanks.

I am thankful for friends I can count on to brighten my day, a nice house to live in and a husband who loves me and tells me so during television commercials as he’s flipping the remote control. I’m even thankful for my dog who was a goat in a previous life and ultra thankful I got to her last night before she ate hubby’s box of Ex-Lax. I’m thankful for family members who will tell me how much they love my books and wait to get them for presents only to set them on the bookshelf telling people I wrote it but who never crack the binding. I am thankful to the postman who rarely loses my mail except when it’s a letter from an editor or my new contract. I am thankful for the countless agents I’ve contacted and the nice way they say no by sending me a form letter rejecting my manuscript. Those whose e-mails didn’t get to me after several months, never fear, I know you e-mailed me, but it was simply lost in cyberspace. And to those sending me rejections by mail, I appreciate the time it took for you to put that postcard in my SASE envelope, IF it got to me because it could be one my postman simply misplaced.

There are so many blessings around us all the time like those my friends ask me to send out to my twenty friends or I’ll be cursed. I know they only mean well. After all, my true wish will become reality in twenty-four hours if I do. I also appreciate all those who send me warnings so I can avoid being mugged, defrauded or have ten years of bad luck and who forward e-mails that will win me a new computer from Dell or an IPod if I forward it, even if they don’t check Snopes.com before they sent it. But most of all, dear friend, I appreciate your taking time to read this and if your post doesn’t show up, I understand you commented, but the website wouldn’t let your post go through.

May your Thanksgiving be filled with thanks and wellbeing! And remember: No matter what genre, I always write comedy.

12 comments:

  1. Thanks my dear~~~very cute and a Thankful day to you and Ted Love, Carroll & Jonathan

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  2. Thank you for your warm wishes. Yes, there is soooo much to be thankful for. And we are!! My husband and I send Thanksgiving greetings to you and yours.

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  3. To both of you also. I hope you also have a few laughs.
    Bobbye aka Daryn

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  4. You definitely put the "happy" in Happy Thanksgiving. Me and mine wish you and yours a wonderful holiday!

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  5. Thanks Renee. And the same to you and your family.
    Bobbye aka Daryn

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  6. I like your goat! Happy Thanksgiving!

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  7. I would be especially thankful about avoiding the ex-laxed goat/dog. Happy Thanksgiving!

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  8. Thanks you guys! That really happened last night BTW. Happy Thanksgiving!
    Bobbye

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  9. Bobbye, great post, made me smile. Another friend has a dog like that. Recently she spent $1200 to have Sophie's (Dog's name) stomach surgery. The vet found a terrry kitchen towel, 2 socks, and a handkerchief. Maybe Sophie needed the Ex-Lax!

    Happy Thanksgiving to you and Ted and your dog.

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  10. She ate through our garden hose in three places when she was under one and I just knew that was in her future. This dog must have a digestive system like no one's business!

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  11. Great post, laughing, and needed it. I think your dog and my dog need to meet.
    Rachel Firasek

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