Over the years, increasingly, Thanksgiving has been a holiday not of
thankfulness but unthankfulness. That is, I’m reminded how positively
unthankful I am. Not only did I demand the money I justly deserved (it
was right to hold her to the original agreement), but even the money I
didn’t deserve I treated as mine. It would embarrass me to admit how
much has been handed to my family this year, you would think we didn’t know how
to be on our own. So when the voice finally chimed in "After all I’ve
given you, do you think I won’t continue to give?" I decided to forgive
the debt, and she kept the money. The reality is our home these three
years hasn’t been a result of plans but of providence.
-J
