Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. It is a time for family togetherness and reflection upon our many blessings. Recently, the Wall Street Journal ran an article about how those individual who express gratitude are healthier, happier and wiser than those who spend a great deal of energy griping.

So as I am about to head home following a busy Thanksgiving morning at Dominion, I would like to take a moment to express my own gratitude before I stuff my face with turkey and all the other yummy food at home!

I am thankful for my wife and my family.
It is always a blessing to share every day with my wife and kids. Some days perhaps a little less so....It has been a stressful year as a member of the sandwich generation but all the Gordons are hanging in there pretty well at present. My Mom is doing just amazingly well and at 87 she is completely in control of her mental faculties. My Dad can now see the dashboard of his car after eye surgery which gives one pause to consider that he was zooming around Boston without reasonable visual acuity.


I am thankful for my career and for my patients.
Our former pastor at National Presbyterian Church, Craig Barnes, often preached on grace and the meaning of life. His message was that we are here to be a blessing to others and to give glory to God. I am blessed to have a job where every day I can go to work hopeful that I can be a blessing to others and make a difference in their lives. Hopefully, that difference will include success with fertility treatment but if not then I hope to be a source of comfort and support to those whose lives may take a different path than the one that they anticipated.

I am thankful for our country.
We live in an amazing nation, blessed with natural resources and with a system of government that allows for open discourse and free elections. Hard to imagine living under a different system or in a country with much more limited resources without acknowledging our gratitude for the United States. Last night at Union Station my 7 year old spontaneously started singing the Star Spangled Banner. Although her older sister was totally horrified and moved away, I could tell that many of the travelers surrounding us were moved by her small voice lifting up those well-known words motivated by nothing more than spontaneity.

Wishing you all the best on Turkey Day 2011!