Thanksgiving 2019

I woke up very early this morning and sat at my kitchen table, where I sat last year on Thanksgiving with Michael. I drank my coffee and read the paper remembering that last year he sat in the chair beside me, in fact he was always beside me.
At one point last year his hand crossed the table and grabbed onto mine, “I love you Elizabeth, I’m thankful for you, dear”
“Love you too sweetheart and today is no different than yesterday, I’m still full of gratitude for you.” (And the truth is we didn’t wait for Thanksgiving to say and express our gratitude and love.)
And then we talked about everything we were grateful for... he was particularly grateful, excited and proud to host his family on Thanksgiving in our new home. ❤️
Of all those things on our “gratitude list”, I’m still grateful for all of those today, including his love.
I had no idea last year that in a few short days, I would never again hold his hand, drink coffee and read the paper beside him, wake up to his baby blues, smell his morning scent, see his little feet in his slippers, or feel his touch.
In these bodies we are all just a “near miss” at the end of each day, a thought that makes me live FULLY in each moment that I am in and to love deeply.
This whole play is short my friends, we don’t know the length BUT, the people we are on stage with we get to choose to love or hate. If you think of it as we are just lovingly walking each other home and finding our way the best we can.... you’ll find joy and above all, love on that stage. Even the “uncle Eddies” of the world are merely our teachers.
It’s simple. Choose love.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours ❤️
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