I appreciated my home better after I was gone a week. All my music at my fingertips. My wife, of course. And all my pets–all seven cats and three dogs. Now I am usually in charge of meals. There is nothing like being gone and back and realizing all your amenities are near by. Now I made my own coffee and drank out of my special cup. My coffee now tasted like I remembered it to. I did not have to listen to too many lectures when I did something wrong. My friend was a bit opinionated and overbearing, which is not to say my wife can’t be–she can. All in all I was glad to be home and grateful I had one to return to.
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I want to count my blessings. It is so easy to center on what I call my “lack”. I am so blessed–materially and all kinds of ways that have nothing to do with things. I have a wife who loves me. And all kinds of other people who are glad to see me. And I have a history with them. My four dogs and even my cats who really do not pay much attention to me but I appreciate them nevertheless. My life is not perfect but then, again, whose is? Of course, this is a short and incomplete list. I can go on and on but I won’t. I am just glad to be home.
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