Thanks Giving To All


Optimism
by Jane Hirshfield

More and more I have come to admire resilience.
Not the simple resistance of a pillow, whose foam
returns over and over to the same shape, but the sinuous
tenacity of a tree: finding the light newly blocked on one side,
it turns in another. A blind intelligence, true.
But out of such persistence arose turtles, rivers,
mitochondria, figs--all this resinous, unretractable earth.




I'm about ready to swab the inside of a turkey with orange rinds and coat the rest with butter before turning on the oven to 360 degrees, waiting for the smells of Thanksgiving to fill the air of the kitchen down the steps to the front hallway.
CollegeGrrrl will be home this evening. HoneyHaired Grrrl is off school and Hubby is working a four hour shift this morning. Someone will root through the attic and dust off one board game or another--Clue, Battleship, Barbie Dating Game for a little rough and tumble before we eat. The boxer already sprawls unmoveable on the floor in front of the stove not willing to miss the chance of a dropped bit of goodness into his baggy jowls. I am filled to the brim with happiness for the chance to have all my little birds home. Many blessings to you and yours.

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  1. A very, very happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

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  2. Many blessings back at you :-).
    XOXO

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  3. Sounds like a fine dinner and a beautiful Thanksgiving. You have things well in hand ahead of time, so relax and revel in you all being together.

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  4. Happy Thanksgiving, Distracted!

    I am so happy that you will have your children and your husband all around you for this lovely holiday.

    Amitiés,

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  5. I hope you feasted on love and joy.

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