I am thankful:
1. For a daddy, stories he reads, deep voice.
2. For a home, my own, open doors, inviting.
3. For Swedish and Polish blood I bleed.
4. For a garden, hands creased in soil.
5. For mountains, that inward calling.
6. For makeshift farmer's shops in truck-beds at intersections.
7. For library books, shared thoughts.
8. For beloved illustration.
9. For standing beside brother, hand-song, voice-song, uniting.
10. For constellations from the deck.
11. For hands to stain with work.
12. For poppies.
13. For wool warmth.
14. For well-written novels.
15. For hand-picked.
16. For cedar-scented patch-work.
17. For the feeling yellow gives.
18. For height differences.
19. For first flight, quilted earth.
20. For pennies, found on every walk.
21. For ink shaped mountains.
22. For nestled close, guitar to strum.
23. For river tubing, long summers ago.
24. For daring Mulligan cuts.
25. For a bed, unmade.
26. For island bonfires on the St. Croix.
27. For family.
28. For envisioning.
29. For new day's light.
30. For friends in threes.
31. For pencil markings in margins.
32. For little rogues.
33. For tasting the dust of the road.
34. For hammock tranquility.
35. For young Lewis and Clark in every boy.
36. For air-dried on clothelines.
37. For summer docks, carefree.
38. For casual embraces.
39. For woodpiles to chop.
40. For drive-ins from car hoods.
41. For the reflected.
42. For mornings that don't begin or end.
43. For the simplicity of perfection.
44. For aerial sunsets.
45. For pockets large enough for books.
46. For those wild, brown eyes.
47. For falls to climb.
48. For a fisherman.
49. For Jesus, freely.
50. For wood warmth.
51. For multitasking.
52. For child affection.
53. For enduring, cherished beloved.
54. For soaking release, thunder to follow.
55. For daddy's arms.
56. For the ethereal.
57. For papery beauty.
58. For long rides, nestled to rest.
59. For the sent and received.
60. For father and son.
61. For stars, counted.
62. For little aprons and stools to reach.
63. For antlers, designer's eye.
64. For forest, riches of dark corners, light streams.
65. For northern lights, such silken treasure.
66. For chopping it short, free, free.
67. For trumpeting tummies that giggle.
68. For too many books at once.
69. For rooftop thoughts.
70. For the honey taste.
71. For dipping.
72. For curling steam, promising liquid.
73. For pulling sister's curls.
74. For sea cottages.
75. For dog warmth.
76. For wood grain.
77. For climbing arched bark.
78. For preparing meals.
79. For perspectives.
80. For greenhouses to wander.
81. For pioneering artisans.
82. For handwritten, postage sent.
83. For authenticity.
84. For electric shows.
85. For catching owl songs.
86. For rambunctious neighbor boys.
87. For what can be made.
88. For hand-pressed.
89. For photos that remember.
90. For beats.
91. For straw hats.
92. For cliffs to jump.
93. For seagull call.
94. For candle-guide.
95. For where God meets us.
96. For the story faced.
97. For shades of blue.
98. For sun's touch.
99. For musty-dust smitten.
100. For eccentric characters.
101. For what is shared.
I am thankful.
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