Stuff I’m Thankful For

Sitting in a tree stand gives you a chance to think a bit.  Being that it is the Thanksgiving weekend I had a chance to think about all the blessing I have – sure there is my family, friends that have become family, my job and all the traditional things, but there are the small things in life that adds to the overall joy, too. I am very thankful (blessed) to…

A Thanksgiving Rooster

* …have a young, four-legged hunting companion that not only eats my fresh-from-the-oven pumpkin muffins (bad, girl – bad, girl!) but makes me look like a better shot than I really am – what a retrieve!

* …have a bow to grip and random trees to stop the errant flight of my arrows – how’d that squirrel jump the string?

* …have an old Chessy that allows me to pretend to be a waterfowler from time to time

* …have commercially bottled doe urine available at just about every store – can you imagine having to collect it yourself?

* …have a football team to complain about

* …have enough warm clothes to make long sits in cold weather bearable – and not having the sense to stay indoors!

* …have a son that asks “What do we hunt next?” after a fruitless trip

* …have a daughter that likes to get muddy

*…have a wife that will say “Go Hunting” – sometimes she even means it!

* …live in Nebraska where there is enough wild places left to let my imagination roam

hershy