Post-Thanksgiving

Things I am thankful for:

• I am alive, and in good health.
  
  
• In a world where destruction is so much easier than construction (consider how many years of of trying to heal India-Pakistan relations that a single series of terrorist events in Mumbai has destroyed), we have people who are trying, so very hard, to take the high road...
  
  We have Mormon queers, we have President-elect Obama, we have grassroots organizations like Amnesty, constantly writing letters to remind our officials that we don't condone "disappearing" people, or torture, or people beating on others. UNAMID soldiers continue to keep going in Darfur, despite there not being enough of them, despite poor security, despite a UN camp having been targeted only a month ago. People keep working. It is impressive.
  
  
• I have an amazing network of friends, and an incredible husband.