I love Thanksgiving. The older I get, the more I appreciate this holiday. It's all the yumminess of Christmas dinner, minus the hustle and bustle and gift-buying and party overload. It's truly a day to take a time out, relax with family, eat good food and reflect on the good things in your life.

This year I have a lot to be thankful for.

My health. It's easy to take for granted--you wake up in the morning and go through the day without thinking, "gee, it's awesome that I can walk around and breathe and function." Well, it IS awesome. If I feel like it I can go outside and run five miles or spend a day walking around the city. I'm not restricted physically and that's a beautiful thing.

My family. No matter what's going on, they are supportive. They listen to me rant and they don't judge. I don't understand people who say they hate their parents or their siblings.

My job. Sure, I wake up in the morning and I moan and groan about having to get out of bed and go to work and sit through this or that meeting or conference call, but at the end of the day, the work is challenging, projects are fun, and opportunity exists. I have chances to advance and grow. There's a ton to learn, and I love that. I hate the feeling of knowing everything there is to know about something, and I have been in jobs like that before--jobs I could have stayed at for 20 or 30 years without learning anything new. That's not the case now, and that's something I'm happy about.

My soon-to-be-husband. In 10 days I'll be married and H2B is lovelier every day. I couldn't be more thrilled about getting to spend every day with my best friend and I'm very lucky.

Little things. I'm happy I live near a grocery store and a coffee shop and a bookstore. I'm happy my car has a temperature gauge in it. I'm thankful for mornings when H2B makes me poached eggs for breakfast so I don't have to eat cereal for the 9527328556th day in a row. I'm thankful for getting real mail that doesn't involve bills or flyers. Leftover Timbits at the office. Seeing a cute dog on the drive home from work. The smell of burning leaves in the fall. Evening walks. Having a treadmill in the building. Midday texts. Every day, I could (and should) be able to write a list of things I'm thankful for, and I wouldn't even have to repeat a thing for many, many days.

I'm lucky and I don't appreciate the good things enough. I need to show more gratitude.

What are you thankful for?