I'm grateful for...
- my husband, who is kind and patient, loving and loyal, and never ever says no when I want to buy books
- my friends and family who have showed me, this year in particular, how much they care
- our little apartment, way up in the trees, in this neat, clean, safe western corner of Oregon suburbia
- great co-workers at a job that pays well and a boss who goes above and beyond the call of duty to support and encourage me
- (true, but hard to say...) the experience of being pregnant twice this year - even if I never become a mother, the experience taught me so much about priorities and grief and stretched the capacity of my heart beyond whatever boundaries I imagined were there
As the year winds down, there are moments that I occasionally wish I could erase, but then I realize that they have taught me a great deal. Horribly painful lessons, but lessons nonetheless. I cannot deny that life is largely good. My marriage has been the biggest blessing, the saving grace, of this year. Thank you, Husband.
