Five Things We're Thankful For

1. Fresh, running water. You really can't leave this out, can you? The World Health Organization reports that 1.8 million people die every year from diarrheal disease, and that an estimated 88% of those deaths are attributed to unsafe water supply, sanitation and hygiene. In the meantime, we run the water while we brush our teeth.
   
   
2. Our family and the friends who have become family.These are the treasured people who get us through rough years. We need them almost as much as we need fresh water.
3. Surviving the market downturn. We're still here and we're not going anywhere. We made the cut, and we still like our jobs.
   
   
4. Living in a country where we can have a job that we love. Like fresh water, it's easy to take this for granted. Not having to rely on degrading or exhausting, low-paying just to put food on the table; not being forced to work 18 hour days (oh...wait!); never being coerced into a job--these are things we're thankful for, and that makes us some of the luckiest people in the world.
   
   
5. Food. Like piping hot turkey, homemade stuffing, mashed potatoes, steaming ladles of gravy, pumpkin pie...

HAPPY

THANKSGIVING.

Count your blessings. Even the water.