Happy Thanksgiving!

Greetings humans,

I just want to say that Missy Linda and I are so thankful that the old man of the house, Mr. Andrew, is still here with us today. We did not think that he would still be plugging along at this late date. As you may remember, he was eighteen years old last month, and he has liver and kidney problems (or so the expensive blood tests indicated). He does not seem to be in pain, and he still wants to go outside on warm days, and he can get up onto the bed, and he eats a lot and still drinks (we have cut out the margaritas).

We have a baby gate on the stairs to keep Mr. Andrew from going upstairs. Tio Kane does not like for him to come up there because Mr. Andrew plays mean tricks on Tio Kane. Missy Linda decided the other day that it would probably be safe to take down the gate except when the little girls are visiting. Low and behold, when Tio Kane came out of the door to his room, there sat Andrew! We had to put the gate back. That's a good sign to us.

Even if you are having a hard time, surely there is something for which each of you can be thankful. Missy Linda is grateful for many things even though she says this has been a trying couple of years for her. It might be hard to think of something for which to be glad, but surely there is one little thing---and sometimes, that is enough to get us through the day, right?