Thanksgiving

(Please click on the title for a reading aloud by the author.)

This Thanksgiving Day I have much to be thankful for.

For family and friends, the love we share, the times, the laughter, the great dinners and hikes, conversations, the sharing of ideas and hopes and dreams and fears; the tears, the being there through thick and thin.

For good health of body and mind, this vessel for the doing of life.

For clean air and water, seeing the mountains ninety miles away from my house, for sunshine; for the sound of wind rushing through the trees, the sound of rain sweeping across the desert, the sound of bird song.

For good food and a snug home, for the joy of cooking, for the joy of sharing, for the simple pleasure of eating an apple, the simple pleasures of life.

For experiences bringing life to a clear sharp point; hunkering down alone in snow and ice and wind on high alpine peaks, surfing a sea kayak on towering waves, riding a motorcycle across the country.

For hope; despite the trials it is always there.

For great literature, art and music, for the creative spirit in each of us.

For work I love and the opportunity to do it, to take a gift, my words, and touch people with them.

For my readers around the world, you are the spark to my flame.

Gordon Bunker