thanksgiving #1

Thanks for the dark when I wake up early for work. Thanks for earl grey with cream and honey. Thanks for girls to drink tea with and art to talk about. Thanks for people who wake up early on a Saturday just to walk to a coffee shop and read the paper by a fire. Thanks for the people who tell me about their day and ask me about Thanksgiving. Thanks for people who leave their New York Times behind for me to take home. Thanks for good music to hear while I walk.

Thanks for red wool coats on cold mornings.

Thanks for husbands that do the dishes in their boxers. Thanks for long much needed naps. Thanks for delivery pizza and blankets and couches.

Thanks for friends by fireplaces. Thanks for Lorinda’s way of telling her favourite stories, especially Corduroy. Thanks for Caleb’s crazy antics and Hannah’s warm kisses. Thanks for Lacey being so beautiful and good conversation being so abundant. Thanks for favourite little books and people excited to talk about them. Thanks for cranberry everything and mashed potatoes with rosemary. Thanks for cider and coffee and green polka-dot ties.

And thanks for a husband that turns the car around on the way home just to go to the bookstore and buy me Cordurouy.