The Lives of Loveliness – The loveliness of Thanksgiving

If you’ve been reading this blog this week you know that your domestic blogger has been following the return of the beloved Laura Spencer for her short run on General Hospital this month. I sat there yesterday, kleenex in hand as Laura told her newly re-married husband Luke,

Laura Spencer

Oh, Laura – tis so true!!

As I come to embrace my “middle age” more and more, I find that I am very thankful for time. I am thankful for all the time I had as a little girl with my wonderful grandparents, my mother, my sister and my uncle and all of my dear extended family. I am thankful that I had the abundance of time to love them as a child and get to know them as an adult. I am thankful for all that they taught me and shared with me and I am thankful that I had the time to absorb the lessons.

I am thankful for the 27 years of time that I have had with my husband. Some of that has been hard time, but that was due to circumstances and not because of person. I am thankful that we have had the time to grow up and grow old(er) together.

I am thankful for the time I have had with my children. I know that at least my three oldest will have memories of me (good and bad, hopefully more good than bad) of me should I pass away anytime soon (hopefull not!) I am thankful that I have had the opportunity to share with them, shape them and guide them and I pray for more time to do the same with the younger three!

But I find that I am very thankful for the gift of perspective. To have lived almost half a century I enjoy a much fuller look at the big picture (as full a look as one gets in this lifetime I guess) than I had when I was a young adult, teen or child. I am thankful that some of the big questions in life eventually get answered, even if the answer comes just from the repetition that comes from the daily, monthly, yearly, life cycle that can be observed.

This Thanksgiving, I will thank God particularly for the gift of time and ask Him to give me the wisdom and patience to use the rest of my time to its fullest.