Thanksgiving

I'm so looking forward to Thanksgiving this year. Haven't really been back to Saskatoon for the past year - so it'll be great to chill around the town a bit.

This is my favourite season. Fall, change, leaves, and the cooling temperature all seem to make me slow down on the inside and get into my annual introspective, sentimental, and nostalgic categories.

Life is good. Real good. Life is painful. Real painful.

I love the bittersweet.

I'm walking a tough road with some friends right now.

Marriages falling apart, the spotlight is on some failures there - certain things coming to light that are just tough to face.

Another friend of mine is going through some darkness that he just can't shake. Insecurites, anxiety, stress just seems to have the best of him, and he's one of the most admirable guys I know. I look up to him in a bunch of ways. It sucks.

That's life.

So that's what we do - we walk along side them for now, and there'll be times when they'll walk alongside us...

It's made me evaluate where I'm at, where my relationships are at and be reminded of how good I really do have it. Not that I deserve it - not that I've earned it - not that God has somehow favored me over others... no, it just IS. And I'm thankful.

My wife is so sincere and lovely. My boys are healthy and delightful. The people I work with are dynamite. I love my church. My parents and grandparents are some of the best people I know - the same for my wifes family - and our circle of friends is full.