Post of thanks

During this weekend of Canadian thanksgiving, it is always appropriate to give thanks. Although, just like I refuse to acknowledge Valentine's Day by showing love, I proceed to rebel against the set day of giving thanks by doing it two days earlier. 

I'm grateful for my family, friends, the opportunity to go to university, technology, the house over my head, the clothes on my back etc...

Lately I've been thinking I need to thank my parents specifically. So momma and daddy, thank you. Thank you for teaching me how to mow lawns and weed gardens. How to back up a trailer. The proper names for trowels, shovels, and spades. Thank you for teaching me how to change a diaper when I was 7. Teaching me the difference between the cleaning supplies. Thank you for teaching me how to work in scorching sun, pouring rain, and freezing snow. 

And thank you for investing time and money for the ten years I took piano lessons. For forcing me to practice until I loved it. Now I am a piano teacher, and all that money you spent on my lessons will be paid off after my first year of teaching. 

And I thank you for that.