Another month of life, I am thankful

Here I am, sitting at the computer and it is 10:50 PM.  Most nights I would be asleep now but for some reason I am not tired yet.  Terry was tired and went to bed some time ago but for me----my mind was not ready.

• We went to a play tonight.  It was delightful.  The name was "Dirty Dancing" but there really was nothing dirty about it.  I thought about the few plays I have seen and thought, "this is nice."  I am guessing that Mom and Dad went to our school plays and that was it.  I know Mom would have enjoyed the theater but I think there would have been many things she enjoyed that she never had the chance.  Oh, she lived to her mid 80's so age was not a factor so I figure it must have been the life of living in rural ND.
• Terry and I played tennis this morning.  For the last few Saturdays we have played mixed doubles with 3 other couples.  We play for 30 minutes and then switch so that we get to play with everyone. Pretty blessed guy I am.  Well I have concerns about my back but for now I will give thanks and enjoy.
• We are surrounded by great people from all over the country.  In any week it would be usually to talk to and spend time with people from IL, Canada, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, MN, MA and many other places.  Today when we were playing tennis two of the men had never met.  As they talked they found out they went to the same boarding school and were in the same class!  How fun is that?
• From where I sit I can see the glass bowl I blew, a gift from Terry.  Fun, I am pretty blessed.
• For some strange reason I have had many tears this winter and spring.  It takes almost nothing for me to tear up and have them etch shallow lines down my cheeks.  I know, I am a man and really should not be doing that or admitting that but it is what it is.  Sometimes there are tears of happiness and sometimes of sadness.  Go figure.  I am happy!
• I have not hunted for a couple of years so I mentioned to a tennis buddy that he should look into a wild boar hunting trip.  Well he is serious and it may happen.  What a blessed guy I am.  
• Terry and I are planning a 4000-5000 mile trip on our way to MN.  How blessed can a guy be.  We are planning to see sights and hear sounds that we have never heard before.  How fun will that be!!!
• After I wrote my book I now think of brother Ronald and sister Janet often.  It is surprising to me how often I see or hear something and wonder what they would have been or thought if they had been blessed to live a long life.  Here I am 39, I mean 69, and have done things and experienced things that I did not deserve.  I am thankful.
• Sister Joan posted something about "brother" on face book.  It touched me in a big way.  Now most people know that things are posted often but I took that note personally and it made my day.
• My Mom traveled very little.  Here I am having been to almost every state, Italy, China, 55 national parks, all 72 MN state parks and the list goes on.  God is good.

Well it is past 11:00 and I am tired now.  I have a great bed to sleep in, a great wife to walk through life with, a home in FL and MN to do and live in, wonderful children and grand children--Thank you Lord.