I Am Thankful For

I am thankful for ~ treasured memories of every loved one I've ever known and for each act of kindness to me a stranger has shown I appreciate my senses; never treating them as mundane for sunlight's gift of warmth and nature's nurturing rain I appreciate wondrous things I've been given sight to see and that I'm able to feel a gentle breeze stirring over me I'm grateful I can hear the lilting song of a whippoorwill and for tears I've shed when happiness caused them spill I'm indebted to those who forgave me for all my mistakes and for laughing like a child while trying to catch snowflakes For friends who tell me cold hard truths when I need telling and for faith in God through scripture that I find compelling