What makes you thankful?

[UrbScotty]

With all that has gone on these past few months, it is easy to forget how fortunate we all are. So let's pause and reflect on our good fortune.

Having said that, here is a partial list of what I am thankful for:

1. My life
   
2. My family and friends
   
3. Food and drink
   
4. Clothing
   
5. A home
   
6. Air
   
7. Water
   
8. Good health
   
9. Electricity
   
10. A computer
    
11. The Internet
    
12. A TV
    
13. The United States of America
    
14. The Constitution (get well soon, Constitution!)
    
15. All of our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen (bring them home!)
    
16. All who have ever fought for freedom’s cause, including my grandfathers
    
17. Great-Uncle Clarence, who died in Korea
    
18. All who fight for peace and justice in our world
    
19. The Democratic Party
    
20. Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean – boy, that sounds good right about now
    
21. Johnny Carson, Bob Matsui, Shirley Chisholm, and Hunter S. Thompson - May They Rest In Peace
    
22. My dog (we’ve had her for two and a half months) :love:
    
23. DU! You are the greatest!
    

[xmas74]

1. My daughter

[candy]

2. 2,8,13,and 22 are the biggies for me.

[LiberalEsto]

3. Thankful I am not a member of the B*sh family

That my parents weren't rightwingers or fundies
That I'm not married to a Republican
That my kids vote Democrat

Also thankful for:
My husband and 2 daughters
My dear friends
DU
Buzzflash
Air America
Howard Dean
Barbara Boxer
Nancy Pelosi
The first crocuses blooming
My 2 cats
Chocolate chip cookies
M.C. Beaton mysteries
My work as a writer
the list could go on and on.....

[intheflow]

4. Let's see..

I'm grateful for

my guy
my son
my mom
my liberal cousins
my ex-mother-in-law (I'm not kidding)
DU (my other extended family)
my two cool jobs
my car ('96 Saturn w/171,000 miles on it, and still going strong)
my religious denomination
the Constitution (when it's not being treated like toilet paper)
my creativity
my hopeful nature
my wicked sense of humor
my uncanny ability to interview well
Colorado
Maine
Massachusetts
Amarillo, Texas