I am thankful that I'm still here, which is no small feat, given three near death experiences, multiple abandonment and betrayals, a slew of poor personal decisions and occasionally throwing myself in with the wrong people at the wrong time ... nevertheless I survive.
For Sarah who, against all expectation, logic, common sense or thought of herself, chose me to love and does so with reckless abandon.
As a survivor of three children, I'm grateful each has successfully pursued their dreams and are happily living their lives the way they want and ... find myself doing it again with three girls, which is lunacy because I'm too old and set in my ways but ... when I'm not wanting to kill them ... they teach me a lot (mostly about myself), bring great joy to my life and shower me in unexpected and very tangible expressions of love.
It gives me great pleasure to have a tan. It may not mean anything to you but brown fat looks better than white fat and I simply feel better about myself.
I'm writing this in New York City where we rung in the New Year listening to Jimmy Buffett, Huey Lewis & the News before being equally entertained on the subway before falling asleep on the bus before making it back to Sarah's parents place to really fall asleep ... before the girls drag me into the City again ... for shopping and ice skating ... did I mention I can kill them?
Leaving here we'll return to a screwed up little island with too much Government, a Nazi like police force (currently under investigation) and more Stop Signs than you can shake a stick at! Yet, it is a stunningly beautiful place where salt hangs in the air, Palm Trees dance, the Ocean sloppily kisses the shore and music is everywhere.
When we do get home two dogs and a cat will happily greet us! Goddess, Winston (who really is a little Gay dog) and Gypsy the cat give us great joy ... well, except for Winston the Son-of-a-bitch (I mean this literally) who's a Diva and honestly believes he's the only animal in our house.
And I'm most thankful for the promise of today. I don't know much about tomorrow and nothing at all of the coming year but God has unexpectedly given me today ... which I do not deserve but ... here I am!
I'm going to do my best to enjoy it!
You do your best too!
Happy New Year!
