What are you Thankfull for this Thanksgiving?

[Tippy]

I am thankful for President Obama and all he has accomplished, in his first two years in office.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. All the members of DU.

No two ways about it.

:hi:

[classof56]

2. I'll second that!

Also thankful I'm not flying anywhere for the holidays, 'cause...well, just 'cause!

Blessings.

[bigwillq]

3. Having a great family, good friends, and good health.

I truly have a good life. For that, I am grateful.

[Phx_Dem]

4. Before opening your post, that's exactly what I was going to say.

President Obama's many accomplisments!

[golfguru]

5. My two teenagers getting straight A's

one in college, another one senior in HS.

[bigwillq]

7. That's awesome.

Congrats to them, and to you! Have a good Thanksgiving. :hi:

[golfguru]

12. Sincere thanks

And you and yours have a very Happy Thanksgiving & drive safely.

[Mz Pip]

6. My family

my friends, my reasonably decent health, my talents. Those are the big things. Little things, too, too numerous to mention.

[blue neen]

8. My husband, son, and I have our health.

We all have insurance. Even though I am among the ranks of the unemployed, my husband has a good job, and so does our son.

We will have a bountiful Thanksgiving...and will pray for our President to have the strength to continue his work---and up the stakes on the Republicans.

I'm also quite grateful that I can watch Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow tonight instead of Bristol Palin on DWTS (Dancing with the Sociopaths).

:dem:

[RockaFowler]

9. I am thankful for Life

I have a wonderful husband, a great home, and 3 beautiful kids (my doxies). Just because we have less money this year than last year, I still have a great life :)

[southernyankeebelle]

10. That quitter Palin didn't become VP or President.

[Dr.Phool]

11. Three things.

My wife

And these two.




And good friends of course.

[Dragonfli]

13. I am thankful that I have eaten every day this week so far (and have enough 'till Sun.).

I hope to have the same good fortune next week.
Last week I was not so fortunate.

[Igel]

14. Not living near my mother.

You may think this a small thing to be grateful for.

You'd be wrong. Very, very wrong.

[Hissyspit]

17. !

:) I hope that's not as horrible as it sounds. :( I like living in close proximity to my mother and my sister. My brothers live two states away.

[TalkingDog]

27. Been there.n/t

[Pab Sungenis]

15. Honestly?

Nothing.

[diane in sf]

16. That I live in CA among people who are to smart to vote for Repugs

[OnionPatch]

23. I second that.

I'd been tossing around the idea of moving back home (the midwest) for a few years. But after this last election, I've changed my mind and realize how lucky I am to be here. I think I'll be staying put and counting my blessings.

[reggie the dog]

18. that i havent lived in the usa since 2003

[LiberalEsto]

19. We finally got decent pizza in Gaithersburg, MD

Believe me, this is a biggie for us. We moved to Maryland from New Jersey just over 20 years ago, and have been searching for a decent local pizza place ever since.

When we visit relatives back in NJ, we always try to get a fix of genuine 18-inch pizza with a hand-tossed crust -- something these poor Marylanders don't seem to recognize. They eat pizza from places like Pizza Hut and Olive Garden and think it's authentic.

But last week we found a new place, Slice of Old Town, right on Diamond Avenue in downtown Gaithersburg, and we're in pizza heaven!

[TalkingDog]

20. that nothing is requiring me to fly anywhere n/t

[roguevalley]

21. For my parents love for the length of time they lived. It was always

there an my rock. They were, are and always will be my heroes. They are the ones I am thankful for the most because they always were true to justice, goodness, kindness and love. I wish I could say how much they mean to me. I am honored and delighted to be theirs and they will always be mine. They loved me to the end and I will love them ten minutes after I'm dead. That is what I'm thankful for.

Tippy, thanks for asking.

RV, who has many things to be thankful for including you and this place but that is what keeps me going, my folks, their life and my obligation to be half as good as they were.

[Ratty]

22. I love Thanksgiving

Especially since I decided to avoid all the stress and drama I'd come to associate with a wretched holiday by not visiting the relatives. It was painful at first - LOTS of bitching and moaning and crying and accusations. But like ripping off a bandage everybody soon got used to it and that was that.

Since then, Thanksgiving has become my 3rd favorite holiday. It's not about the food anymore, it's about taking the time to acknowledge that despite the trials I may go through, despite the bad time, I still have a job, I don't worry about starving or having a warm, safe place to sleep. I'm starting to get up there in years and despite a creaky joint or two I still have my health. It could be so much worse for me - and at times it's easy to forget that, let me tell you.

[nmbluesky]

24. I thank Obama for

Obama signed Caption for access internet and Health Care..
and I thank Obama who work very hard!!!

[11 Bravo]

25. The love of my life continuing to tolerate me, two amazing sons, and surviving cancer for 13 yrs ...

(cancer-free and still counting)!

[styersc]

26. Condoms and clean syringes.

Happy Holidays!

[mikekohr]

28. I'm Thankful That My 79 Year Old Father Is Sucessfully Beating Colon Cancer and Is Eargerly Looking

forward to 2012 so he can vote for President Obama and every other Democrat on the ballot. Again.

"It's A Mortal Sin To Vote Republican."
-Sarah (Taggert) Kohr-
my Dad's mom who always reminded her grandchildern that she, who was widowed with 6 children in 1936, would have starved to death had it not been for Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Democratic Party.


mike kohr
Bureau County Democrats
http://bureaucountydems.blogspot.com

[Arugula Latte]

29. Many things

I have a healthy and wonderful family (husband, two kids). My kids are doing well in school and all aspects of life. We have wonderful kitties who bring us joy, a roof over our heads, good friends, good food, and we live in a liberal oasis (Portland). We're close to nature and the city -- the best of both worlds. There is more, but those are some of the biggies.

[awoke_in_2003]

30. the extra "L"...

in "thankful". Just f'ing with you. My wife has been unable to work since February, so household income has gone down 20k (and SSD is taking their sweet fucking time)- so I guess I am thankful I still have a house.

[zulchzulu]

31. Make sure to say that at the table if Freeper relatives are there n/t

[Dulcinea]

32. I'm thankful for...

my husband, our 2 beautiful, healthy daughters, mostly good health & the prospect of graduate school.

[timo]

33. I am

thankful for my family,still on a rocky road but financially better shape than this time last year, my health!!!

I am also thankful that I am safe n secure from all the boogey men from the middle east, now if they would just start drone killing the cartels in my backyard life would be complete!!

[Beacool]

34. The same things I'm always thankful to have:

Health, family & friends, a job and a roof over my head. Those are also the same things that I wish for everyone.

:-)

[CitizenLeft]

35. That I have a job. I almost feel guilty that I do.

It doesn't pay CRAP. But it's something, and it doesn't keep me up at night, and I don't dread going to work in the morning. In fact, I actually like it. I look forward to the day when unemployment is down to 4% again, and then I'll be even more thankful. :(

Also thankful for a roof over my head - a roof that leaks and needs repair, but it's a roof, and it's mine. Again, feeling guilty about the thousands who have lost their homes. Thinking about that makes me cry.

Thankful for my two remaining sweeties, my girls, my dogs. Lost one of my loves in February. :( My neurotic little rescue nuthead lived to be 15. Bless her sweet nutty little heart. Thankful for the two I have left.

Thankful to be alive, and hoping I live to enjoy retirement.

[a la izquierda]

36. I am thankful for my hubby, my three pups, and...

the fact that I'm graduating with my PhD in May (and I have an interview in January). Woohoo!
I'm also thankful to the anonymous sweetie who donated on my behalf :)

Happy Thanksgiving, DUers!

[LWolf]

37. My pipes aren't frozen or broken. My woodstove is working.

I've got enough hay, wood, and food to last until my next paycheck.

I'm not at work.

My family is surviving.

[Tippy]

38. I am thankful you all took time to respond to my post

I'm also tankfull for all my DU companions, without you life would be difficult....Thanks

[tabbycat31]

39. the opportunities that Democratic politics gave me

Before I was politically involved (I was aware but not involved), I had just lost my job and was contemplating moving back to NY with my parents. That was June 2008 and I had been in the area less than a year and the only people I knew were from work. I gave myself until Christmas of that year to see if I would stay. I got involved in local and national Democratic politics in the mean time and made a whole new group of friends who I am very thankful. I still live here and I've been away on and off but I call this place home and have no plans of moving back to NY.

I am very thankful to be a DSCC trained campaign staffer that was put into one of the most watched senate races in the country. I am thankful that as a part of a coordinated campaign, we won the congressional race on the ticket (incumbent Democrat, but a blue dog) that gave me some hope. I am thankful that I was able to plant the seeds into an area that could turn the state blue in a few election cycles.

I am thankful that I did not come home to Anna Little about to represent me in Congress (instead the crazy teabagger is now unemployed).