Grateful

Daily Note

Every day, a photograph, a poem. Today is Thanksgiving, but not a day goes by that I am not thankful for still being vertical! I’m thankful I can still walk and see the daily beauty of nature, that my great-grandchildren are being taught to enjoy the little things of nature, that my family and friends are mostly “live and let live” kind of people, accepting of others and choosing to be kind in this strange world where negative is pronounced. So I am grateful I can live around the pleasant and kind, like saving this little big dog who doesn’t even chase deer; he’s kind too, as you see him in this photo, waiting patiently for me to catch up. I am grateful for Scott and I who live and love in a slow world of gratitude, thankful for the life we’ve been able to live, together, and the families that have grown from us. Thankful we were young enough to enjoy splendid extended times with our grandchildren, and thankful we are still able to get out enjoy the people and thinks we love. We have been blessed, for sure, and we wish the same for every one. Bless everyone; no exceptions.

And so on this this Thanksgiving, Scott walked a three mile “Turkey Trot” while I took another art lesson– Guthrie already having his morning walk. Now I finish my daily poem and the daily 1667 words for NaNoWriMo, and together we will enjoy the day, the turkey dinner, and another walk with Guthrie as well as continued sharing on the Family Chat. Life is good.

Poetry

Grateful

Grateful I am
for family and friends
for walking and seeing
the world as it is—
its beauty and its not,
it is what it is;
Grateful to be
my family and me
accepting of others
to live and let live
and a dog that is gentle
no deer chasing for him
and a cat that chooses us
in her own grumpy way
as he and I together
grow old
grow hope
grow with love
grow in thanks;
Grateful, I am.
Sheri Edwards
11.23.23 327.365.23
Poetry/Photography