Thankful Thursday, January 15

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This week, I have been especially thankful for:

• Friends and relatives (some of you reading this) who have telephoned me this week


• My dear friend Laura, age 15, who used to live next door, whom I've known since she was born, who is still just as sweet as when she was a toddler. Laura thinks of me as an extra grandmother and she came to visit me over the holidays.


• Molly the cat's surviving the hawk (or owl or eagle?) attack.


• The continued flourishing of the 2 gray squirrels and 4 flying squirrels wintering over with me


• The sermon Father Milton preached on Sunday


• The easing of Demetrios' pain from his sciatic nerve


• Being in control of my own time