Thankful Journal Day 7

November 7: Today I’m thankful for the beautiful flowers in the antique vase on my kitchen table.

The Pretty Girl came through the door the other day and presented me with a huge bouquet of carnations—-white, red, and rosy-wine colored blossoms. They are one of my favorite flowers, mostly because with love and care they’ll last a long time. The flowers are symbols of many things (beauty, nature, and so on and on), but not as much as how special my daughter is to me. She’s a wonderful young woman, a dear friend, and I can’t begin to imagine how empty my life would be like if she wasn’t part of it.