Thanksgiving

That which I am thankful for:

• Our Great and Wonderful Lord
• A wife who loves me
• Merrilea - a beautiful, good support
• 4 incredible kids
• Maria - a spry teen who never ceases to amaze me
  
• Joseph - a responsible teen who supervises plumbers well
  
• Danielle - a hospitable pre-teen
  
• Nafisa - keeping the comic relief coming
• A place to be in Pune as family
  
• A motorbike to cruise around on and any one of my kids to do it with
  
• A car for those rainy days (months)
• People in our company who help me be better than I am
  
• Friends and colleagues local and not local who are invaluable
• Our church
• Parents and In-laws who support Merrilea and I
• A brother and sister I love dearly
  
• A Godly heritage and upbringing
• Winning Spades with Alan 3 times in a row against Merrilea and Beth
• Good relationships with in-laws
  
• Homemade apple sauce
  
• Coffee
• Appy Fizz (carbonated apple juice)
• Our freedoms guaranteed by the United states Constitution upheld by our legal system
• 1620 when Plymouth was founded (place my folks now live)
  
• 1640 when Braintree was founded (place I grew up)
• Red Sox, Boston College and Patriots are doing so well! It's good to be from "up Nawth!"
  
• Lindt Chocolate
• Music of all kinds (but for bluegrass)
• For Shiloh and the memories and maturity brought on in the late 80's
  
• NPR programming available via the net
• K-Love Internet radio
• Ability to order things online and have them brought over by friends new and old
  
• Eggnog
  
• Lincoln Logs
• Legos
• Soap
• Usually consistent 24-hour broadband internet
• Hot water
• Burger King Whoppers with onion rings
• Dr. Pepper
• Turkey, though I can't remember the taste
  
• And the list goes on . . .