" A shaft of sunlight at the end of a dark afternoon, a note of music, and the way the back of a baby’s neck smells if it’s mother keeps it tidy,” answered Henry.“Correct,” said Stuart. “Those are the important things. You forgot one thing, though. Mary Bendix, what did Henry Rackmeyer forget?”
“He forgot ice cream with chocolate sauce on it,” said Mary quickly.”
-E.B. White, From Stuart Little
Thanksgiving -a time to reflect on what there is to be thankful for.
For me, it is the little things- and especially the important things.
I am grateful for a shaft of sunlight at the end of a dark afternoon.
I am truly thankful for many of the notes in music I have heard over the years.
And, oh yes-that sweet smell of a clean baby.
And ice cream-gelato precisely!
This year I earned much less than in years past. -probably the year of my lowest earnings since my teen years, and yet, I am eternally grateful for provision. It has been a tough year job-wise, and yet I have never gone hungry, been homeless, or gone without anything that was important. It has been truly amazing So, I am grateful this Thanksgiving for health and answered prayer and the songs of a child. I taught a three-year old the song with the words- "pick yourself up, and dust yourself off, and start all over again!" and she sings it all the time now. To me! When I need to hear it most. All things to be grateful for.
