56 Candles In My Living Room

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I'm sure I'll here stories of what some people are thankful about. I'm sure lots of the common (because they really are great) things will come out. I'll hear of thanks for family and friends, for God and His Son, for life, and for food. I'll observe thanks for football entertainment and mashed potato goodness, but none of those are the things I am most thankful for this year.

I'm most thankful for 56 candles in my living room, for drapes on my windows, for make-up in my bathroom and vegetables in cupboards. I'm thankful for shoes with heals on the floor and slippers found all over the house. I'm thankful for a comforter that costs more than any bedding item should, and nail files found in random places. I'm thankful for baskets to hold blankets (what are closets for anymore?) and pictures of me shown off in my own house.

Jenny makes my life better than it ever was, in some of the most odd ways possible. Those of you with healthy marriages, understand exactly how lucky you are. I wouldn't trade all the things I don't understand for anything else in the world. I'm most thankful now, and likely forever, for my spouse, my wife, my support, my provider (it's weird to not work) and my love. The best parts of me come out because she encourages and allows them to do so. Thank her for those things.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!