Have you ever wondered what you have to be thankful for? If you’re reading this, you should be thankful that you have a computer and internet access. If you have high-speed or cable modem access, be thankful for that. We take things for granted all the time, things such as having a computer, the internet, electricity to run the equipment. There are people in third world countries that don’t even have the electricity to run a computer, never mind having one to sit at. I’m thankful that I have this domain and a way to get my message out to the world.

Last night, after the trick-or-treating, my mom went on a rant about how she hates her life. She wants to move back to Maine. There’s not enough drama here for her. She wants to be amongst the bickering and drama of the residents of Maine. We have family that lives there, and they’re anything but serene. A few years ago, they got internet access and harassed the living hell out of me. I had 50+ comments that I simply deleted, never mentioned or even thought of again on my blog. Things such as I deserved to have cancer, I deserved to die, I needed to hurry up. Yes, my family is that kind of a family. When my daughter died, the string of comments that I killed her came through. They scan my blog daily, looking for anything to take and throw back in my face. I guess they never realised that I don’t post things, publicly or at all, on the internet that could be taken as something that I am ashamed of. My entries are well-thought-out, and I don’t post anything that could incriminate me.

However, it’s the idea that I have family like that and that my own mother wants to move back with them, where they would be within walking or a short driving distance to our home.

My mother says there is nothing good in her life, and she hates her house, her job, her life. She wants to move back with her family. She wants to quit her job. She wants to get rid of her house, that she owns. And, of course, she wants me to quit in my senior year of college and go with her to Maine to play in the drama until I’m 40 or so. Yeah. That sounds like a good idea.

People don’t realise how much they have until it’s gone forever. Look around you. Are you thankful for what you have?