Thanks In Brief

• A spilled bottle of Clorox in the backseat of my sister's car, quite accidentally getting us high enough to crack up the family, not so high as to cause brain damage. (That we know of.)
• Sixty-year-olds who still can and still do play Thanksgiving football in the street.
• Baby (teenage) cousins who know more about Greek mythology than any of the rest of us do.
• Psychological disorders that lay low for the holiday.
• Senses of humor that seem able to weather interpersonal drama.
• The announcement, semi-anticipated, that my grandmother's first great-grandchild will be joining us in May.