Other people

Our family is celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow, so today I am entertaining myself.

At first I found myself a bit defensive. I was afraid people might think I was lonely, or feel sorry for me because I was Home Alone! I took a walk around the neighborhood just to see what anyone else might be doing.

There was a couple sitting in their camper (in their garage!) having coffee and waving at me. There was a lone car at the park that evidently brought the person swinging on the swings with great gusto! There was a squirrel making his first foray into a large fluffy couch someone had placed by the dumpster. And Annabel was at home playing with the Christmas ornaments I left in the box on the bed.

How lucky we all are to be able to just do what we want today.

It would be a shame to waste that worrying about what other people think.