Being thankful

A little discussion over Thanksgiving dinner tonight... as is obvious, Thanksgiving is essentially (as seen in the previous posting) an agrarian celebration. But that took us back to the "other end", Rogation Sunday, of which I made note here.

But something I had not written then was that it was Kathy who took the pictures in the Rogation Sunday posting. She was unable to walk with us as we processed around the property; a month and a half since she came down with Guillaume-Barr Syndrome, she was at best able to shuffle around a bit in a walker. For her was a short, level walk between the vantage points from which the two pictures in that posting were taken, soon after the beginning and shortly before the end of our procession.

Six months to the day later (this week) she walked into the doctor's office for her six-month's checkup. The doctor could not believe what he saw: her recovery is off the charts in speed.

Seeing the progress day by day, one loses perspective. But just a comment can bring it back, as it did this evening. Among the blessings for which I am thankful is her recovery.

(And her tofu pumpkin pie too, but that's another story!)