A time of gratitude
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006If you live in the United States you’ll be sitting down for a Thanksgiving feast tomorrow. What are you most thankful for at this time? Whenever I ask that question to parents the first thing that comes up is: “I’m grateful for my children.” We can’t imagine life without them yet we often focus on things that don’t really matter and we take their abilities for granted. We see them running when we want them to be walking. There are people who would give anything to see their kids running. We hear them talking non-stop and would like them to stop talking for awhile. There are parents who would give anything to hear their children talk. We complain because our teenagers want to be with their friends all the time. There are parents who would give anything for their teenagers to have friends. Let’s all take a moment and give thanks for our children’s abilities.
I am especially grateful for clean water. Here in Vancouver the heavy rains have affected our reservoirs and the turbidity levels are so high our tap water is undrinkable. We have to boil our water or buy bottled water. Clean water that we can access anytime we want is something I’ve always taken for granted.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone living in the US!



