Okay, I’ll jump on the bandwagon (does it count as a bandwagon if it’s the purpose of a centuries-old holiday?) and tell you some of the things I’m thankful for. In no particular order:
- Notre Dame football
- Jesus
How can you not love a little girl who picks her nose with such abandon? - Bacon
- Princess books
- Lilacs
- My nephew and nieces
- Hulu
- The Blessed Mother
- Being a nomad
- Music
- Old friends
- New friends
- Strangers who share their hearts with me
- Fingernails
- Audiobooks
- Blogging
- John Donne
- Saints
-
Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne–stunning. Tickling small children
- The Triduum
- Berries
- Colors
- The Mass
- Beauty
- Waffle House
- Jeans
- Nutella
- St. Damien of Molokai
- A comfortable bed–or really any bed at all
- Parishes in Hawaii that want me to come speak
- Spring
- The elderly
- Storytelling
- So You Think You Can Dance
- The end of the election
- Truth
- Impressionist art
- Toddlers
- Snuggling with little ones
- Excedrin
I’m sitting on the futon typing and across the room I see Cookie and Elmo tucked neatly into bed on the couch. It’s a good thing Cecilia takes such good care of them. - Pope Benedict
- Being a Domer
- Confession
- St. Catherine of Alexandria
- The games children play
- Coffee
- Laughter
- Reunions
- Butterflies
- Rome
- The mountains
- Easter eggs
- Cooking
- The Cross
- Chick Fil-A
- The color pink
- Polka dots
- Scripture
I get excited just looking at the picture! - Grammar
- Naps
- The priesthood
- This video
- 96-count boxes of crayons
- Mashed potatoes
- BOOKS!
- White chocolate
- The Eucharist
- New haircuts
- Stained glass windows
- Cardinal Dolan
- Land O’Lakes hot chocolate
- The way kids laugh when they’ve still got tears on their cheeks
- Gelato
- G.K. Chesterton
- The internet
I totally made this for Charlotte and I’m really proud of it. It’s a blanket. Made of sleeping owls. I’m pretty sure you can tell that when you see it in person. - My cute brown boots
- JPII
- White chocolate
- Perpetual adoration
- Manti Te’o
- Crocheting
- Family
- Prayer
- Limeade
- E. Nesbit, Eward Eager, L.M. Montgomery, Louisa May Alcott, Noel Streatfeild, and all the authors of my continued childhood
- Comfy shoes
- Peppermint
- Memories
- Hoodies
- The joy of knowing my Savior
- Puppies
- Sleeping in
- Crunch ‘n Munch
- Snow
- Cooking competition shows
- Slinkies
- Freedom and democracy
- Knowing that I am loved
So there you have it–the first hundred things I thought of. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised at the number of foods on the list given what Thanksgiving is really all about…. Now get off the computer and go cook something!