It’s day 10 in my 365-day goal to express gratitude for all the wonderful things in my life, and today I want to continue talking about America. I love this country. I love the people, the history, and more than anything else: the geology. America’s diversity is not limited to its hundreds of cultures living… Read More »
Today I am grateful to be living in the United States of America. In my opinion, it is the best nation on the earth, and for reasons that are holistically bigger than any single reason alone. It’s not just our people, or our form of government, or our services, or our history (warts and all)… Read More »
Today, on the 8th day of my 48th year, I am grateful for Star Wars. I am thankful for having been a boy when the first Star Wars film came out — when Han shot first, and Luke called out “Carrie” in the Yavin 4 hangar. When R2 couldn’t fly, Obi-Wan didn’t lie, and no… Read More »
Today I am grateful for pizza. I know, I know, it sounds trivial. What a stupid thing to show gratitude to, but I don’t care. You don’t have to only be thankful for big, important things. Sometimes the little things in your life can be just as worthy of a nod of thanks. Pizza is… Read More »
Today I am grateful for grace. Grace means elegance, or refinement. It also means “the unearned gift of God.” When Thomas Covenant returned to the Land, to fight Lord Foul, he was told by an old friend, “This is the grace that was given to you: to bear what must be borne.” I have spent… Read More »
Well, I am running out of kids to be grateful for in my quest to express gratitude every day of my 48th year. For Day 5, though, I have saved the best (so far!) for last, with my newest bundle of joy, Daenerys Winter Aurora, the baby of all dragons, the littlest khaleesi of the… Read More »
Today I am grateful for my little wrecking ball, Kai Adama Starlord Clary. When he was born — just about a year-and-a-half ago, he clocked in as the nerdiest name of all our children, taking the spot from Arwen. He had curly strawberry blonde hair (where the heck did that come from) and an impish… Read More »
My daughter, Arwen Shenandoah Elizabeth, is my most favorite 6-year-old in the whole world. She is a force of nature, a Cat-5 hurricane of energy, stubborn willfulness, creativity and passion for animals, cartoons, and art. She is the thing I am grateful today on Day 3 of my Year of Gratitude. Arwen makes me smile… Read More »
Day 2 of my 48th year, and on this day I am grateful for my eldest son, Stephen James Lang — the only child of mine who doesn’t share my name, because I got him certified pre-owned. Doesn’t matter, though, he’s MY kid. Sure, sure, there was a time when I, like Peter, might have… Read More »
Today I am grateful for my wife. Truth be told, I am thankful every single day for her, but this is part of my commitment to write 1000 posts this year: 365 of them are going to be statements of gratitude. There is so much beauty and goodness and awe-inspiring wonder in this world, that… Read More »