Grateful Gatherings

Grateful Gatherings

Gather family, gather friends…

We gather to savor culinary delights,

While the grateful heart has its spiritual fill.

I am grateful for comforts,

Both large and small alike.

I am grateful for an airplane’s ability

To shorten distances between here and there.

I am grateful for oceans, as they fill voids

And gaps, both far and near.

I am grateful for my partner;

Who instills in me, beyond love, serenity.

I am grateful for my family;

Scattered as we may be, love holds us in perpetuity.

I am grateful for my friends;

Diverse in life and united by our empathies.

I am grateful for our evolutions;

Our discoveries, and our enlightenments.

I am grateful for our adaptabilities,

To change our  perceptions and our destinies.

All of this and more,

Gathers all – hearth and home –

In my grateful heart, in my grateful soul.

Written by Delaina Miller 11/23/2011