Monday November 14th was a down day. Not sure why. Sometimes after a busy weekend I am emotionally flat. Tuesday dawned bright and cool. I rode my motorcycle down to the RnR. After coffee and prayer with my pastor friend Mike I was feeling better. Then as I motored down to Mardel’s, I caught a beautiful view of the mountains. I figured ‘1,000gifts’ would get me in the mood for Thanksgiving! And can you believe it? ‘1,000gifts’ was on sale! So I got two and two of Francis Chan’s ‘Erasing Hell’ the counter to Rob Bell’s ‘Love Wins’. That and a $1 Bill Bennett book and things were getting better by the minute. I had Christmas gifts! I picked up some free Irish Cream coffee before exiting Mardel’s to sit on a bench and sip and preview my cool books. A man driving a very old van stopped completely at the ‘in the middle of nowhere’ stop sign – I smiled. Then a very pregnant woman with a very happy 3 year old came by. The little one was skipping with joy and unsuccessfully keeping her giggles inside out of the sheer happiness of being alive and out with mommy. As I drove away, being careful to stop at that ‘in the middled of nowhere' stop sign, a mother and her toddler were meandering across the road in front of me. The little man spotted me, broke into a big smile and raised a mighty arm to point me out. My smile matched his. Things were looking up as I looked forward to getting home and digging in to Ann Voscamp's ‘One Thousand Gifts’. I walked into the house – the dog had pooped on the rug but it barely effected me. I put three pieces of Sunday’s left over pizza in the microwave – even though I knew it would probably kill me & settled in. I knew it was going to be a good Thanksgiving.
