I’m grateful I’m mostly done with Christmas shopping and wrapping, thanks to D’s help with wrapping and labeling—have to add ribbons. Still should pick up a few more things for d, s and H but I could just stop now and be done. I even mailed a package to a friend.
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Switched my kitchen dishwashing liquid & hand soap from pumpkin scented to peppermint over the weekend and I was reminded to be thankful for gift of smell. If I were to lose a sense, small would be the easiest to live without, but I do love how certain smells evoke a season or memory. Just a simple pleasure to use some seasonally scented products during fall and holiday seasons.
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Today, on the last day of this thread, I am grateful that @abasket started it and pushed me to appreciate daily all of my blessings, big and small.
I’m also thankful that I found CC three years ago via a random google search about applying early action v. Early decision. The collective expertise and community here have been a real gift to me.
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Another shoutout to @abasket for starting this thread.
It’s really cold here today but I am grateful to live in a warm house with plenty of food and that we are both felling well. My day will be filled with simple things, baking muffins, some chores, finishing a book. I realize that not everyone has that.
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Man, GRATEFUL to get an email today that a grant I applied for and have been sweating it out over if it would be awarded was awarded for the 4th year for the maximum allowed amount! Whew.
I was also grateful to the sender of the email that they used an “!” in the email subject line that allowed me NOT to have that stomach dropping moment when you are opening the email to wonder if it’s good news or bad news!!! 
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Grateful both for the last minute opportunity to visit DC, and the fact that we can head home to no longer have to listen to all the city noise (sirens, traffic, etc).
Each city I visit reminds me how much I love our farm and nature sounds/sites, plus lack of traffic.
(Also grateful for all who choose to live in cities so there are affordable rural areas. Humans being different in our preferences sure helps us all!)
ETA: Also thankful to have encountered a French resident yesterday for some real French practice - and glad I understood 95% of what she said. I don’t think anything was lost. Words I didn’t know seemed obvious from context. Appreciated that she said my French was really good too. Hopefully she was sincere! That’s tough to keep up in a rural area.
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So thankful that we were able to spend 10 glorious days in Egypt as a family. Fabulous trip, no major problems, just lost in awe of the magnificent work completed thousands of years ago. Absolutely precious spending time together as a family in this magical place.
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I am grateful for my friends, both “in person” and virtual. I’m thankful they can tell me what I need to hear sometimes, and just let me vent when I need to.
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For the last day of November, National Gratitude Month… thankful that our son is adjusting so well to college and living on his own. At the end of his junior year in HS he was anxious about moving away and we even discussed him going through the application process then deferring a year before going to college. So far he is excelling academically in a demanding major, has a girlfriend (who is not distracting him from his studies) and has applied for a research position. We are thankful that he’s, he’s… dare I say it… he’s adulting!
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I have a newish mattress on our rarely used foldout sofa. The few guests we had so far said it was good, but were possibly being polite. D slept on the couch on Saturday. I knew she’d tell it like it is. (Said fine, pretty hard and could use a topper.)
I have so many special people in my life, and I’m grateful for them all. But this post is for my daughter, who will always say things others would not (but should). It comes from a place of love, not judgement – and I’m grateful for our relationship.
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November is over but gratitude doesn’t have to stop! Thanks for all 250 comments in November. Feel free to keep posting.
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I was thinking of this thread last night. I am so thankful to be able to talk with my 95 year old Dad a few times per week (and twice on Thanksgiving). He and his wife live 2000 miles away, still able stay in the house…. partly because they have wonderful and helpful neighbors.
PS - If you see a neighbor struggling to pull a full garbage can out to the curb, consider volunteering to do that chore weekly. It will likely make him/her glow with appreciation.
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Thankful to be retired and all the holiday things don’t seem like such a burden.
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Thankful for the simple beauty of nature in my quiet neighborhood.
I happened to look outside my family room window tonight and noticed the sky turning many shades of pink. I raced outside, and as I ran to get take this photo, four deer raced out of the woods within 20 feet of me!
I managed to capture this view with my iphone. Less than 10 minutes later, the beautiful sky was dark.
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