the thankfulness post

I hate what feel like cliched, false thank yous. I have gone so far as to "hide all posts from user" for people who are doing that awful "30 days of thankfulness" bit on facebook.

That said, I am thankful, and moreso for the less-than-obvious things. So you're getting a list in a blog post.

I am thankful for:

• Pillsbury's Roan Red. It is my favorite, favorite wine. 
• Joley being a creative child, even though I spend not nearly enough time with her, and lord knows I need more patience, but she gave an impromptu concert on her guitar at school today, and she wore flowered leggings under a tutu, and she just wrote a story in which she accidentally hitched a ride on a bald eagle when she was trying to hug the ceiling of her house. 
• people listening when I talk about my program. I don't know how or why, but they listen, and I am grateful. 
• Colin's good taste in music. Not my taste, exactly, which I am also thankful for, but good taste.
• the thank you I got from a student today.
• unexpected houseguests.
• turtleneck sweaters, especially in green.  

dear obama

No matter what else you do in office, no matter how history remembers you, I will always be grateful to you for initiating the health care reform that allows me to purchase affordable insurance for my three and a half year old daughter.

She has asthma, you see. And the insurance through my job costs me more than $500 a month. Without your reform, I could never have taken her off that insurance because asthma is a pre-existing condition they wouldn't accept. As of today, and because of you, I can submit her application and they will cover her.

I cannot express how thankful I am--so thankful that I'm nearly crying as I type this.

Thank you a thousand times over.