Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving has been my favorite holiday for as long as I can remember. It meant snow, usually. It meant cousins, but without the stress that Christmas brought. It meant people remembering to thank God for what he'd given them.

• peanut butter
• my family
• cable Internet
• maps
• stringed instruments of all kinds
• wise editors
• philodendrons
• tire repair centers
• repair instruction videos
• grace
• cabbage (even when it's mistaken for lettuce)
• friends nearby
• far-away friends
• Skype
• Aldi
• cousins
• commuter trains
• vlogs (like Emma Approved and The Autobiography of Jane Eyre)
• Doctor Who
• fountain pens
• the times my back doesn't hurt from sitting in office chairs
• my job
• extra patience when I don't think I have any more
• streetlights
• stars
• my house
• my car
• people who inspire me to change for the better
• the Bible
• second-hand shops
• blankets
• hats
• the books of C. S. Lewis
• movies about superheroes
• texting
• windows
• organized bike rides

If I went on, I'd never stop typing.