Continuing a tradition started last year when my dad was recovering from surgery and couldn't cook, my siblings and I worked together to put our feast on the table this afternoon. We had a great Whole Foods turkey, and an array of side dishes, some we've had before, some we tried for the first time. And Dad was able to help with a couple of things, making a crazy apple pie, his homemade gravy and a chestnut stuffing with dried cranberries and granny smith apples. And it was mostly stress-free!
Tomorrow morning my sister, mother, and me will get up at 4am and head out for the Black Friday sales to take advantage of the prices on toys that we can get for our donations to the AIDS Resource Center for Children. My mom and sister first tried the sales about three years ago because they had never done it and managed to get several great gifts that they normally wouldn't have been able to afford. Last year I went along for kicks and watched as there was almost a riot outside the Target we went to. Seriously, the police were called. We're not going to that Target this year.
I had to nudge myself a little to come up with things I'm grateful for because this depression is really weighing me down. (I called the IOP social worker and will hopefully get back in there for a couple of weeks to just get me over this hump. They told me it was good that I was reaching out. I just know that I feel like I'm on a slippery slope and I refuse to end up back in the hospital.)
So here are some things I'm grateful for:
1. my family
2. my medication. say what you want about pharmaceuticals, I praise God that they do the work they do, because I'd be a madwoman without them. The pain medication is good, too.
3. my church. i am so blessed to have a community of faith that lifts me up and loves me like they do. AND for my pastor who is always there for me and lets me do most of the crazy ministry ideas I come up with.
4. good music/my iPod greatest material gift ever given to me
5. General Hospital. For 30 years I have loved that show, and to this very day it makes me happy. Plus, Steve Burton is HOT.
6. access to good, fresh food -- an incredible blessing
7. my girls
8. wikipedia
9. the blogworld
I hope you all have had a wonderful Thanks-Giving!
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2. my medication. say what you want about pharmaceuticals, I praise God that they do the work they do, because I'd be a madwoman without them. The pain medication is good, too.
Pharmaceutical companies get a lot of verbal abuse, but they've worked wonders, and we should be thankful for them.
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