In lieu of tomorrow, Thanksgiving day in Canada, I'd like to take a moment to give thanks. I got to thinking today, that despite being really tired, it was great to have company this weekend ... Rob, who came to the Stones with me and then took in the local sights and Jade, my 'best friend' from undergrad whom I haven't seen or talked to in about two years. (How time flies ... we're getting so old.)
Anyways, last night the three of us stayed up until about 1 am just a-chatting away. It's always a little interesting when folks from different social circles come together ... but it was all good. The laughter and stories made for a wonderful night and a very short sleep as I have to work this weekend.
Of course, beyond Rob and Jade, there are many and is much to be thankful for as well. There's the Winnipeg crowd and the Saskatoon crowd and the once-lived-in-Saskatoon and now-scattered-across-the-earth crowd. Of course there's the family and the church crowd. Folks whom I can hang with and folks who make me think and some who do both. There's an amazing job and never ending professional volunteer opportunities. There's a sun and a moon and colour changing leaves and the hope of a summer's warmth and the anticipation of gentle snowfalls and lakes and streams and birds and clouds and mountains and endless prairie. And there's One who made it all possible--the God who loves me and Whom I love in return. I am rich indeed.