The first thing that I am thankful for today is my girlfriend. She brings light to my day - every day - from the moment I get up, and that is something to be thankful for.
The second thing that I am thankful for is John Irving, his book In One Person, and good books everywhere. After dropping my GF off this morning where she needed to be, I came back home and spent a quiet thirty minutes or so with my coffee and the last 25 pages of In One Person. There was a lot of warmth in those thirty minutes, and like I always do with a good book, when it came to the end I got shivers, gently closed it, and spent 60 seconds or so digesting it. I never expected my favourite author to write such an LGBTQ community-focused novel, but he did, and with an angle I've never seen, and I loved it.
I'm also thankful that once I'm done this quiet morning time and get myself showered and ready, that I'll be walking over to my parents' place - a twenty minute walk away - to enjoy a day of more warmth, loved ones around, delicious food, and a lot of blessings.
I feel lucky and I feel blessed and I feel thankful.
I hope you feel these things today, too!
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rc-4 update:
- What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell
- When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
- Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
- Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
- If You Have to Cry, Go Outside by Kelly Cutrone
- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
- Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
- She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
- In One Person by John Irving
5 non-fiction, 6 fiction, 9 authors represented, a variety of subject matter. Perhaps hitting the goal of 20 books read in 2012 is unlikely to happen, but who cares?! I'm reading!
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