Jack of Harts

This year I am thankful for my family and my friends. I am thankful that you buy my stories. I am thankful for my job at a hotel where we cater to Mayo Clinic patients. Through all of this crazy we are all witnessing, I have gone to work as normal. I have seen family and friends as normal. Those of you who know me, know that I am a clean freak already, and have always maintained a strong personal space bubble of my own.

So my life has changed little, other than being thankful that other people finally have a reason to give me the same personal space I give them.

Well, wearing masks did change me a lot. I found I could not breathe while wearing them. I have a friend with asthma, and I could not keep up with him. He said I needed to get that checked out, so I did. Turns out I have had undiagnosed mild asthma my entire life. So now I’m on a maintenance inhaler, twice a day, and I can breathe better than normal. Numerous little issues I didn’t know where related to that have gone away, and I’m operating better than ever. So, I’m actually thankful to find out that I have asthma.

And finally, I’m thankful that I was born in and live in America. I would not have the opportunities I have now if it were not for that. I would not be selling stories as I am, I would not have a comfortable job as I do, and I would not have access to the various treatments that keep me functioning better than I would.

So I am thankful. And I hope you are too.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving.