I am leaving for the weekend to have Thanksgiving with my daughter. I am not without pain, but I can sit in a car seat (the one that came with the car :->) for quite awhile and can sit in my office chair for fifteen or more minutes (enough time for this) and I want to wish my good friends (or not) a very happy Thanksgiving.

I cam home from Finland with Janet just before Thanksgiving a year ago. I was so full of Thanksgiving at the time but I couldn't imagine how much more grateful I could be. I look back at a bunch of whining this year, but it has been on of the most wonderful years of my life. If I made a list of all the things for which I am grateful it would be so lengthy that it would put all to sleep before anyone got to the end of the list. I hope you all have as much joy in your hearts (if not in you sit down places) as I do. Have a wonderful "rest of the year". One thing I am happy about is the number of folks who seem interested in my thinking and writing. Thanks to you all for that, and thanks to the Lord for the rest.