Happy Thanksgiving

So what does everyone have to be thankful for this year? For me, it has been a very tough twelve months since last Thanksgiving, having lost both my dad as well as a very close friend. I'll be toasting to a much better next twelve months with just a bit of peace and calm for a while. On a positive note, a very dear friend who is almost like an uncle is being released from the hospital today after a three week stay after passing out at lunch with him a few days after arrival in Paris. It has been a stressful three weeks with lots of planning for his care upon release but that day is finally here so that's a very nice Thanksgiving gift.

What does everyone have to be thankful about this year? Here's a funny cartoon with at least one other thing we can all be thankful for in 2006. How sweet it is to finally have the tables turned!