Ten Things This Girl Can Count On
November 26, 2009 @ 07:03
Here are ten things in my life that have been such constants. You might be surprised at a few of them, or for my listing them here. But I am thankful for all of these things. I can count on them. Good and Bad. Certainty is a rare commodity in this world. And I am thankful for it.
1. My Daddy. And yes, I’m forty years old and still call him Daddy.
2. Bear. Someday he’s gonna get married and I’m gonna get kharma points for eons for having given away one of the best gifts ever in the history of gift giving.
3. The very first card of the holiday season, every year, is from the ever enchanting Janet. She is a perfect comfort on days when I am a wreck of stupidity or uncertianty or even ambivalence.
4. Broken hearts. But like Charlie Brown, I never see Lucy’s evil plan and I keep trying to kick that football. I’d like to think that eventually I’d see the ball getting tee’d up and be able to just walk away . . . but I don’t know. Somehow, my willingness to believe in happy endings says more about me than it does about the breaks. And I like that.
5. Puppy to stop me in my tracks. With joy and fear and some strange emotion that must be a combination of the two because I don’t really have a name for it.
6. Friends to surprise me with love I wasn’t expecting but am so grateful to have recieved.
7. Nonnie and Trixie to not scold me, even when I deserve it.
8. My ability to get over it and move on.
9. My inability to make a Christmas of all homemade presents happen.
10. My belief in me. Someday each and every one of you will be getting hand sewn footie pajamas and bath salts and cookies from me.
11. Are 9, 10 and 11 contradictions? Well you can always count on that from me . . .
Happy Thanksgiving all. I hope you find yourself surrounded by people you can count on. Today I have.