Giving Thanks


silhouetteDespite all the things that this year has slung our way, there is still plenty to be thankful for, right? I have my health back and for that I guess I am most thankful right now.

I feel like I never made a special mention here of the amazing nurses at NYU Medical Center where I spent two weeks in October. They work such long stretches that start by bathing you at 4am and they just keep going non-stop all day long. Then, when you get better, you leave and they go on to the next sick person. It’s so tough. Yet they stay patient and kind and I think we can all take a leaf from that book.

What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving?

  1. #1 by Karena on November 26, 2009 - 12:36 pm

    So true Vincente. I hope you are on the road to recovery. Have a truly beautiful Thanksgiving!

  2. #2 by Visual Vamp on November 26, 2009 - 12:43 pm

    Aw Vincent, I’m truly thankful you pulled through.
    Happy Thanksgiving.
    xo xo

  3. #3 by Mrs. Blandings on November 26, 2009 - 12:51 pm

    Happy you are on the other side of that icky illness. Wishing you the best of the day.

  4. #4 by Laura on November 26, 2009 - 9:14 pm

    Vincent,

    So glad that you have recovered and are so appreciative of the nursing care that you received. So often these unsung heroes are forgotton. Enough about you, I am in a pickle as my husband and I have purchased a pied a terre and he requires a recliner. Help!! I must give in as he often sleeps in the chair due to arthritis. thanks laura

  5. #5 by debbie baxter on November 26, 2009 - 11:03 pm

    thank you for pointing out these people who get so little recognition! nurses and teachers….
    congratulations on your recovery;keep up the beautification of the world!

  6. #6 by m elissa lee on November 27, 2009 - 2:05 pm

    Dear Vincente,

    Every day I am thankful for the ability to move closer to my kids and husband and to not be afraid of intimacy. To be compassionate to all the parts of myself that I have disowned and hidden away and to invite them back with loving arms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    xxoo
    Melissa

  7. #7 by Gary Nelling on November 27, 2009 - 11:59 pm

    I’m thankful for my hard-working, honest and humorous family and friends. And for helpful neighbors who make this a community, not just a neighborhood. I’m thankful that your doctors and my doctors really know their stuff. And I’m thankful when I remember that this old world is making two steps forward for every one back.

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