Thanksgiving is upon us, the time of year when we're asked what we're thankful for. Let's take the opportunity to interpret this literally, and actually thank someone! Tell us about someone in your life, past or present, whom you would like to thank for what they did, and why.
Given the way the second half of 2010 has gone, it wasn’t hard for me to decide who deserves special thanks this year, and the fact that I dislocated my shoulder AGAIN last weekend just reinforced it. I have operated at a diminished one-armed capacity at times, and I have been fortunate to have people around who’ve accommodated and tried to make things easier for me. I especially appreciate their putting up with me because I'm an annoying combination of neediness and control issues; I'll ask for your help, but I hate to keep asking, so if I've been waiting a while I'll go ahead and do it myself anyway (even if I probably shouldn't).
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My sister: The “stay at home mom” who’s almost never at home has chauffered me to medical appointments, filled out paperwork, taken care of errands for me, and made sure I didn’t have to miss lunch. I moved to SoCal after my first marriage ended because my extended family was here, and I’ve had even more reason than usual to appreciate them this year!
My husband: Actually, let me have him tell you this himself (via Facebook): “He must be an absolute saint to cook and clean and shop and, well, everything else he does while you heal up. You should do something really nice for him when you are all better.” I’m sure I will (insert eyebrow wiggle here)! But in all seriousness, my incapacitating injuries have forced him to make a fair amount of adjustments and additions to his normal routines, and he’s done it all with a smile. I’m sure the best way to thank him for all he’s done would be to stay injury-free next year, and I will certainly try to do that, but in the meantime, I hope this very public thank-you note will do - I’m really glad he’s been here through all this craziness!If you have someone special to thank this year, do it via this Weekend Assignment! Here’s how:
**1. Please post your response no later than than 12:01 AM on Thursday morning, November 25th, your local time. You can do this either in a blog entry of your own or in the comments section of the assignment entry. No submissions will be accepted after that time unless I really want to.
2. Please mention the Weekend Assignment in your blog post, and include a link back to the original entry.
3. Please go back to the original entry after you've posted, and leave a link to your entry in the comments to the assignment. Please post the URL itself rather than a live link.
4. Visiting other participants' entries is strongly encouraged!
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