Thanksgiving List

I am thankful for many things this Thanksgiving. Here's a smattering, in no particular order:

I am thankful that I only got up four times during the night last night, which counts as a good night's rest these days.
I am thankful for my sister, Jane.
I am thankful for my sister, Rachael, and for the fact that she is currently napping at my house, rather than at hers in Austin.
I am thankful that Henry's baby brother will be arriving in ten weeks.
I am thankful for Henry -- for the way he asks politely, "How do you know?" after his father and I assert anything, for the way he sings Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer, for how he is blossoming at his new school, for the way he calls to me when he is taking his bath and asks me to come in because "I'm lonely...."
I am thankful for our friends and neighbors and this lovely neighborhood where I can hear the horns of the ships on the river from my living room.
I am thankful that I have not had a severe headache in almost five days.
I am thankful for Matthew.
I am thankful that I have a job.
I am thankful that I have a mortgage I can afford.
I am thankful that it has been warmer and humid here for the past two days, something my nasal passages greatly appreciate.
I am thankful for the lovely day we spent at the racetrack yesterday, and the turkey dinners we enjoyed the night before and in the evening.
I am thankful for Barack Obama.
I am thankful for my mother's cranberry sauce, which tastes exactly the way my grandmother, Aiti, always made it.
I am thankful for online shopping so I don't have to spend the seventh month of my pregnancy in traffic and long lines.
I am thankful for Drew Brees.