Things I'm Thankful For - updated for Thanksgiving 2011

THINGS I'M THANKFUL FOR 

i thank the guy who lives above

who sent me family to love
my mom and dad, so wise and kind
who live forever in my mind
the things they taught me i pass on
and that way they are never gone

i thank the guy who lives above

for sending me three sons to love

and they in turn for bringing me

grown up daughters, one two three

already over puberty

and eight grandkids, to see them grow
is such a blessing, this i know

I thank the guy who lives above

for sending me a man to love

though there are times i think that he

would rather i would let him be

(he's not quite over puberty.)

i thank the guy who lives above

for sending family to love

although they live from here to there

they're scattered bloody every where

some of my blood and some of his

i honestly can tell you this:

as i grow older i have found

that family makes the world go round

sons and daughters, fathers, mothers

nieces, nephews, sisters, brothers -

those i love, and who love me -

Thank God for my family.

i thank the guy who lives above

for all the friends i came to love

some are family, some are not

i'm thankful for the whole damn lot

across the country they abide

(the country is too freakin' wide)

up north, down south, across the street

they've given me great memories

like bunny ears and lemon gin

(i don't think i'll do that again)

from picking berries in the fall

to Vancouver and a yarn store crawl

old memories are mixed with new

and i am thankful for them all

with some i worked, with some i played -

no matter how my friends were made

i'm very thankful for their love

and so i thank the guy above.