It’s the last day of November, the month for celebrating Thankfulness.  I try not to take anything for granted ever, but this month I’ve put more effort into thinking about what I am thankful for.  Truly, I do live a semi-charmed life. And really, when it all boils down to it, most of us are thankful for the same core concepts: our health, our friends, our family. The big three, I call them.  Certainly I have always recited this list when asked what I am thankful for, but the value of these things were generic, cliche, and dare I say it, taken for granted to a point.  Or perhaps I can say that while I was thankful, I didn’t have a good understanding of the -true- value of my closest family, … Read entire article »