What a wonderful weekend!  Thanksgiving at my son and daughter-in-law's, complete with all my family.  One big circle of love--my heart overflowed with love and gratitude for all our blessings.

And now today my husband and I celebrate thirty-three years of marriage...I am truly grateful, thankful and and blessed!  

Such a special day calls for a very special poem, and poet Mary Oliver comes through again with words that may come from her pen, but resonate forever in my heart...

I Have Just Said

I have just said

something

ridiculous to you

and in response,

your glorious laughter.

These are the days

the sun 

is swimming back

to the east

and the light on the water

gleams

as never, it seems, before.

I can't remember 

every spring,

I can't remember 

everything---

so many years!

Are the morning kisses

the sweetest 

or the evenings

or the inbetweens?

All I know

is that "thank you" should appear

somewhere.

So, just in case

I can't find

the perfect place---

"Thank you, thank you."