Happy American Thanksgiving!

My sister Donnie spent a week with Terry and me, heading home to Calgary last Saturday.

I miss her terribly, but I am deeply grateful that she came.

While she was here, Donnie and I talked until our jaws ached.

A topic we returned to over and over was how lucky we have been in life

and the gratitude that we feel for our many blessings,

especially when many, many others struggle through unimaginable hardships.

So today, on Thanksgiving Day, my heart is full of gratitude 

for the wonderful things I have been given in my life, starting with Donnie.

Donnie (right) and Me

Aurora, ⁨Colorado, ⁨United States⁩

November 22, 2025

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And, of course, Terry, who has been the love of my life for many decades.

Terry and I at the Carousel Bar

The Plaza, Las Vegas, ⁨Nevada, ⁨United States⁩

July 1, 2025

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I'm sure that much of what I'm grateful for isn't that different from what others appreciate,

family, friends, love, home, health, fulfillment, and life itself.

My Amazing Parents, Don and Sara MacBeath

On Their Honeymoon

Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

Early September 1948

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The First Photo of We Five

Donnie, Barb, Me with Bertie, and Roy with Gretchen (our beloved dachshund)

Margaretsville, Nova Scotia, Canada

March, 1959

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Special Friends Like Cheri and Gary

with Whom We Have Spent Many Thanksgivings

Arizona, USA, 2017

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I have a few unique things for which I'm grateful, starting with Dr. Prem S. Subramanian 

who restored my vision after Graves Eye Disease gave me strabismus eyes.

This compassionate man gave me back my hope and my life.

Prem S. Subramanian, MD, PhD

Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery and Vice Chair

Sue Anschutz-Rodgers University of Colorado Eye Center/School of Medicine

Source

And, of course, my beautiful Piney Creek and my cottonwood friends who fill me with joy.

Me Sitting on a Favorite Cottonwood Tree 

Aurora, Colorado, USA

November 22,  2025

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I could list so many things, but I'll stop here.

Donnie and Terry, As Terry Cooks

Aurora, Colorado, USA

November 18,  2025

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Wishing you joy in your life, health, fulfillment and love!

Happy American Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating today!

 Till next time ~

 Fundy Blue

 

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