All the stuff I have to be thankful for far out weighs all the stuff that, if I let it, would

[WCGreen]

bring down a deep despair upon me...

I am thankful I have really good health insurance as I have amassed over $600k in medical bills over the last 5 years. This last stay in the hospital was billed out at $94k, not including doctors...

I am thankful for DU as it has pulled me back from the edge twice since 2004...

I am thankful I am self-employed and have very understanding clients...

I am thankful I have a woman in my life who loves me dearly...

I am thankful for old friends who have all seemed to come back in my life just at the right time...

I am thankful for a clear mind...

I am thankful that I have now gone 25+ years without a drink of booze...

I am thankful that the drugs I abused in my youth did no serious damage to my health...

I am thankful I had enough sense to stop smoking 24+ years ago...

I am thankful that even though I need O2 all the time, I am still in good health in every other way...

I am thankful for a pair of really good doctors who explain every thing that is going wrong and also what is going good...

I am thankful that I live in Cleveland (bet you would never expect that one now did ya) because the Cleveland Clinic has the best results with their Lung Transplant department...

I am Thankful that I have few regrets at this stage of my life when far too many people of my age start letting the regrets overwelm them...

But most of all, I am thankful to be alive and kicking on my 52nd Thanksgiving...

I get sentimental and sometimes think back to those early days when my mother, even though she was fighting a lethal form of breast cancer on and off for 15 years, still pulled in the energy to make excellent diners on all the holidays...

I miss all of the people who came into and out of my life over the last fifty years but I am thankful that many set examples for me that made me into the man I am today...