remember the blink of an eye

26. pandora
27. when my grandfather told my mom he’d pay for my first laptop
28. when my dad finally said he’d give up visitation
29. when my grandfather told my mom that i should go overseas on a school sponsored trip
30. my grandfather. i don’t talk about him much, but i think without him i’d be a drastically different person. he isn’t in the thankful list from last week.
31. linda suggesting that we write 5 minutes a day on a topic that changes weekly.
32. that frodo had sam.
33. having my own buddies so that i can throw my own rings into mt doom
34. that my mom thought i should get that spinning wheel
35. that my husband thought i should get that spinning wheel
36. that i was online in the library that day in 1999 instead of only doing my school work
37. that my mom typed my papers from my scribbled yellow notepads for years
38. my ability to make analogies. i derive so much pleasure from this very human ability.
39. that our realtor showed us a house that ignored one of the first things we told her we wanted
40. that the buyers for the house we wanted backed out
41. that i went to a small catholic school for kindergarten and first grade before moving across town and switching schools
42. that bear used to make me wait for him for hours
43. that bear no longer makes me wait for him and if an emergency happens, i still only wait about 30 minutes
44. that linda is talented at long distance relationships and willing to be my bff
45. gmail archives
46. my sony ereader
47. fan fiction. i might not read it much anymore, but it changed my perspective on a few things and its how i met AJ.
48. for the japanese maple that already exists on our property
49. for the massive hydrangea and all the lacecap hydrangeas (i love love love hydrangeas)
50. that typing in all lowercase somehow assuages the tiredness i’ve been feeling

(Gilligan, the title is from “Upwards Over the Mountain” by Iron & Wine. I used it because it seems to me that part of being thankful is remembering “the blink of an eye”. Maybe it’s just me.)