Writing About Thanks

There’s just a little over a week to go before Thanksgiving. Do you know what you’re most thankful for? Want to ruminate about the things you’re most thankful for through writing? If so, take a cue from Molly Irwin’s Blog, where she writes about the idea of recording the things for which you’re most thankful.

I started doing this in the form of Facebook Status Updates for the past few days. Here’s what I’ve recorded thus-far.

Thursday, 11/12: “…thankful for the man who stopped traffic so I could turn out of my street this morning. He caused me to make every green light on my way to minyan.”

Friday, 11/13: “…thankful to have gotten eight hours of sleep last night.”

Saturday, 11/14: “…thankful to be finished with the PRAXIS Exam!”

Today: “…thankful for NY Times Home Delivery and an afternoon to read the paper.”

I’m planning to come back to each of these thankful updates, once the holiday (and all of the cooking I’m eagerly planning to do) is complete, so I can write about each of them in more depth. For example, take the Praxis Test. Even though I’m consulting now, I decided to take it so that I can get certified to teach in Pennsylvania, which doesn’t accept my teaching licenses from New York and Rhode Island. There’s a big story in that. Additionally, today’s thankful post about the Sunday Times reflects a weekly Sunday ritual I have. While this snippet doesn’t reflect much about how I attack the paper once I bring it into the house, the writing I plan to do later will. Each of these blips about thankfulness captures something special about each day I’m living right now.

I hope you’ll take on the thankfulness challenge suggested on Irwin’s Blog. If you do, I’m sure you’ll find it rewarding.