{today.}

Thankful.

What does thankful do?

How does it move?

Breathe?

Act and react?

How do we-

how do I-

show that I am thankful?

For my dad who has passed on his love for history to me.

And for my father-in-law who served in the Navy.

For my grandfather who helped keep 

the lines of communication open during the war.

And for my other grandfather-

you know, the one who laughed so much-

who was held in Stalag IXB.

How do I live today for them?

Perhaps I take deeper breaths. 

And listen harder

to loved ones. 

And strangers.

Maybe I shut my mouth

because what others have to say

is far more important and infinitely more profound 

and perhaps I just need to 

be quiet

now.

For much has been given to me.

Far more than I will ever deserve.

So much freedom.

And 

so

today-

and always-

I

am

thankful.

I thank my God every time I remember you.

~Philippians 1:3

Many blessings,

Deni