Thankful

Things for which I am thankful today and everyday: My wife, my kids, cell phones that allow me to talk with kids far away (I miss you so much, peanut, wish you were here with us, the families would have filled the house), food, copious amounts of food, being at the same job for the 2nd Thanksgiving day in a row, house, cars, testimony, challenges, my job, my sales guys, my owners, peace in the house for the meal, kids with passion, kids with concern for siblings, TV (nothing like football on turkey day since I don't watch on Sunday), smells, help from my wife, sharp knives, great stuffing (this was a "keep track of the recipie" year), moist white meat, rolls, butter, lots of butter (have you noticed how everythings tastes better with butter, no, really, it does, not margarine but real, honest to goodness butter, nothing better), visits from cousins, hugs from kids and grandkids, kisses from same, the fact that my boys will still kiss us even when they are big and do it in front of friends, prayer, our thankful recitation before the meal, this day when we are supposed to stop and pause and contemplate exactly what we have, where we live and the abundance that surrounds us, scriptures, whisperings, the temple, a current recommend for the temple, actually using the recommend, my calling, that fact that mom is still with us, that puppy seems to be doing better, not limping as much even without medicine for a few days, music, piano playing kids, guitar playing kids, singing kids, squeezing my head off from the grandkids for a hug, socks without holes (except for the hole where you put your feet into them, so I guess socks with only 1 hole), clean clothes, flowers, windows with screens, garbage cans, people that pick up our garbage, that our bedroom is done and I am not sleeping alone anymore, my Savior, my Heavenly Parents, promptings, obedience, and, lastly I am thankful for being thankful.