thanksgiving

thank you for auntie anne's pretzels and chocolate vanilla ice cream,
and for arms that i can cling unto,
thank you for answered prayers, for blessings that abound,
thank you for togetherness, for precious moments that seemed built in a dreamscape only that it is real,
thank you for champorado, adobo, kare-kare and choc-nut that makes me feel i'm never far away from home,
thank you for zaila, for her life, for her spirit that surrounds me wherever i may be,
thank you for challenges and hardships that inspire me to do better in life,
thank you for friends who are the closest thing to angels,
thank you for a walk in the mall,
thank you for my first goal in soccer,
thank you for flying 6 hours so you could visit me,
thank you for teaching me how to drive...