Giving Thanks

Repost from last year, with one UPDATE: Thanks also for modern technology and the blessing of perspective. (via Tasty Booze)

Here's to good friends, good health, a good meal, and a good nap.

I give thanks for the heroes who stand in harms way in the service of our country; I pray that you return home safely. I especially give thanks for those servicemen and women who have died for us, and I pray that their families know that their sacrifices are appreciated.

Thanks also for our policemen and firefighters who put their lives on the line to serve us, and especially for those who have given their all in the line of duty.

Thanks for the nurses, and the secretaries, and the paramedics, and the administrative staff, and the housekeepers, and the pharmacists, and the techs, and for all of those who are part of the healthcare team.

Thanks for all of you who have visited my blog, my family, and my friends for being a part of my life.

Thanks for my fellow bloggers who always keep things more interesting than television.

And of course a special thanks for the one who made it all possible.