thankful

for the sweet words of thanks on each of those leaves

for the beautiful colors still clinging to trees

for good friends visiting and the sound of kids at play

for the planned turkey bowl (oh please rain, wait a day!)

for parent and grands, siblings, nephews and nieces

including one new one, I already love her to pieces

for my husbands presence at the table today

and for his fellow Marines still in harms way

for a turkey in the oven and pies of pecan

for a list that could go on and on and on and on...

Happy Thanksgiving