Observing Thanksgiving a smidge early....
Nov. 24th, 2010 06:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lagilmanMonday night at the SFWA mill-n-swill, several people commented on how happy I looked.
And it's true. Despite this being an incredibly tough time all over, despite concerns and worries and the fretting that we can't avoid in this world (if you're paying attention at all), I can say that yes, I am happy.
That has a lot to do with my (hard-won, hard-learned) comfort with who I am and where I am, and where I'm going, even with all these worries. But it doesn't happen in a vacuum: I have a support structure that's pretty damn fabulous, and I am thankful for them every day.
But today I'm saying it.
I am thankful for my blood-family. The older I get the more I realize what a gift it is to not only love but like your family, to enjoy time spent with them, to look forward to seeing them, to respect them as people, and be able to say, equally, "you are driving me batshit right now" and "I really love you." Often at the same time. ;-)
I am thankful for my choice-family. All of the above, and the additional knowledge that we have chosen to stand with each other. Through hard times and good times, through bad behavior and rough patches, without flinching or faking it. Some of you have been here forever, and some have been added only the past few years, but I cherish you all for your love, your loyalty, and your willingness to roll with my moods and call me on my bullshit.
I am thankful for Geoff. For being exactly who he is, and nobody else, and making my life that much better, and more joyful.
I am thankful for my friends. I can't even begin to list y'all, which is a gift in and of itself. You guys rock, be it in person or on-line, and are proof that there is no day so crappy that can't be salvaged and no day so good that it can't get better, by the addition of a friendly voice (or phosphor).
And I am thankful for my fur-family, Pandora and Boomer, who just got clean bills of health, and I hope to have around me for another decade, and the CutePuppy herself, who is no longer a puppy but still my darling Mei-mei.
And I am so very thankful for the people who read my books, who let my characters into their homes and their hearts. You guys... there is no writer if there are not also readers. To steal the cliche, you complete me. :-)
If you're observing Thanksgiving, may it be a day of joy and peaceful reflection, and good food with people you care about. And y'know? Even if you're not observing, I wish that for you, too. Because it's a Good Thing.
And if you're going out on Black Friday, be careful, ok? The world's kinda scary around then.
And it's true. Despite this being an incredibly tough time all over, despite concerns and worries and the fretting that we can't avoid in this world (if you're paying attention at all), I can say that yes, I am happy.
That has a lot to do with my (hard-won, hard-learned) comfort with who I am and where I am, and where I'm going, even with all these worries. But it doesn't happen in a vacuum: I have a support structure that's pretty damn fabulous, and I am thankful for them every day.
But today I'm saying it.
I am thankful for my blood-family. The older I get the more I realize what a gift it is to not only love but like your family, to enjoy time spent with them, to look forward to seeing them, to respect them as people, and be able to say, equally, "you are driving me batshit right now" and "I really love you." Often at the same time. ;-)
I am thankful for my choice-family. All of the above, and the additional knowledge that we have chosen to stand with each other. Through hard times and good times, through bad behavior and rough patches, without flinching or faking it. Some of you have been here forever, and some have been added only the past few years, but I cherish you all for your love, your loyalty, and your willingness to roll with my moods and call me on my bullshit.
I am thankful for Geoff. For being exactly who he is, and nobody else, and making my life that much better, and more joyful.
I am thankful for my friends. I can't even begin to list y'all, which is a gift in and of itself. You guys rock, be it in person or on-line, and are proof that there is no day so crappy that can't be salvaged and no day so good that it can't get better, by the addition of a friendly voice (or phosphor).
And I am thankful for my fur-family, Pandora and Boomer, who just got clean bills of health, and I hope to have around me for another decade, and the CutePuppy herself, who is no longer a puppy but still my darling Mei-mei.
And I am so very thankful for the people who read my books, who let my characters into their homes and their hearts. You guys... there is no writer if there are not also readers. To steal the cliche, you complete me. :-)
If you're observing Thanksgiving, may it be a day of joy and peaceful reflection, and good food with people you care about. And y'know? Even if you're not observing, I wish that for you, too. Because it's a Good Thing.
And if you're going out on Black Friday, be careful, ok? The world's kinda scary around then.
