Thanksgiving...

Since they don't celebrate it here in Italy, a few of us are getting together today and then again on Thursday for a late dinner. I have a lecture until 8pm as do most of my friends so we are going out to a restaurant that is serving a traditional dinner.

I have a LOT to be thankful for and it's not just to be celebrated on one day. I am lucky enough to have things happen every day that I feel gratitude for. The list is too long for even a blog to handle so I think I'm going to take this opportunity to show the simplest form of my gratitude.

Each day that I walk through the streets of Florence I take someone with me. A friend, my kids, an acquaintance and my family. I never walk alone. You are all with me in my heart and I have so many special memories of every person that has connected with me. I often think that "so and so would love to see this" and in that way, that simple thought I feel gratitude. I am lucky to have so many people locked away in my heart to share my quiet moments with. This blog is to share my outward moments with but there is so much time, thought and feeling that I don't write about here.

I have met some amazing people here in Florence. They are kind and happy and we are all feeling pretty lucky to be here. It is nice to be surrounded with such gratitude.

So celebrate Thanksgiving every day in the simplest of forms...gratitude and you will never feel alone again.

Happy Thanksgiving from Italy to anyone that reads this.