| Y’all. Today. It has been a day. I am just now sitting down to my computer for the first time. Challenges with a closing today that have been, well, challenging. Driving 4+hours today. Problem with the chiller system at the brewery that I am grossly unqualified to work on but am the only one that can do it. It has been a day. And, of course, during the week of Thanksgiving. It is 5:40 right now and I probably have 3-4 hours worth of office work to do and another untold amount working on the chiller. Oh, and everyone else is at my brother-in-law’s house having a good time. I had to come back to work and stay working till tomorrow night when I get to go join them. Naturally, you can imagine, I am in a woe is me headspace. I am feeling pretty beat up and starting down the path of “the world is out to get me”. So I am pausing to write this email. Because, I am planning to write a list and follow the advice of a very old church song. I am going to count my many blessings. And there are lots. Doing this will reset my brain. Here goes: 1) I am not alone. My wife. My companion. My best friend. The smartest person in the room. She is my rock and I would be in TROUBLE without her. She really doesn’t know just how much she means to me. (spoiler alert–it’s a lot) 2) My kids are healthy in many, many different ways. They are smart. They are physically healthy. They are good kids. They don’t get in trouble. They have a pretty good outlook on life and they are a joy (99% of the time). I am proud of each of them and rightfully so. 3) I am comfortable. Even in the turmoil that is our house debacle, we have a place to live. We have enough to survive. We do not go without. We do have to be smart as we enter this next phase of life and will have to be more frugal but we are not in danger. This is such a tremendous blessing. 4) We are well supported. My parents, Lici’s mom, my extended family, Lici’s extended family. Friends. Community. We truly have a village. I cannot really quantify how much this means. Just these 4 things alone put my mind at ease and tell me to settle down, suck it up and take care of business. I am blessed beyond measure and should only have that pity party for a moment and then talk myself out of it. Happy Thanksgiving yall. Thank you for being part of my community. Thank you for being part of our community. |
