Giving Thanks

Since today is Thanksgiving, I thought I would share a list of things I’m thankful for:

• Thanks to shoe manufacturers for coming up with shoes I can step into and wear without tying laces.
• I’m thankful that rain falls down more often than it falls up.
• Thanks to John Lennon for writing those lyrics in I Am the Walrus: “I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the walrus, goo-goo g'joob,” so I can sing along: “I am the Hegman, they are the Hegman, I am the walrus, goo-goo g'joob.”
• Though I never saw this coming as a kid, I’m thankful for broccoli.
• Thank you, time and time again, duct tape.
• I’m thankful that my island girl has adopted Montana as her home.
• I’m thankful that my shoes don’t catch on fire from friction when I run really fast.
• Thanks to the National Electrical Code for making me install a lot of receptacles in my house—I really need them when Desiree starts in on the Christmas tree lights.
• Thanks to the Wampanoag and Pilgrims for starting this celebration in 1621.

—Mitchell Hegman

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