Thankful

It’s Thanksgiving!

And rather than take up your time with things that you could be doing to better your presence and get yourself a bigger following online… I thought we should just focus on the holiday.

I’ll be real honest with you, guys, I wrote this post a few days ago. I didn’t want to have to get online on Thanksgiving, break away from my day with my family, and I won’t blame you if you do the same. I don’t generally even check my computer, when it’s a holiday. And I usually disappear for a little bit, around Christmas.

But what I wanted to do today, this Thanksgiving, is very simple.

You know that “game,” where everyone says something they’re thankful for, after eating dinner on Thanksgiving Day?

Well, I’d like to tell you what I’m thankful for. A top five, really, because I’m thankful for a whole lot of things.

I’m thankful for you

All of you, the people reading this blog for the first time and those who’ve been reading me since the beginning. I’m thankful that you enjoy the words I write, that you find interest in seeing what I’m up to and that you listen to the things I have to say (whether you agree with them or not). I’m thankful that you’re a part of Too Many Books to Count, and that you’re reading this, right now. Whether you’re reading it on Thanksgiving or two years later, on Easter.

I’m thankful for RAD Writing

They’re the company I work for, yes, but they’re more than that. They’re my family, in a way. They’re the ones who stand behind me and every work I’ve released, the ones who’ve pushed me to keep publishing my books even when I feel like editing another word might make me go bonkers. I’m thankful for them, for believing in me, and for trusting me with so many new responsibilities this year.

I’m thankful for Telekinetic

It’s the book that started it all, the novel I wrote in an English class in college, the novel that sparked from a dream I had about a boy I had a crush on at the time. And even though I don’t really like the book, even though I personally feel that the story needs some tweaking to really make it something special, I’m still thankful for it. If I hadn’t published it, way back when, I probably wouldn’t have published anything at all.

I’m thankful for my family and friends

They’re my biggest fans. Karen, Ali, Anthony, Julie, Christy, Nicole, Tammy, Dave, Devon, Andrew, Casey, Faye, David, Melissa, Ashley, Fred, Eric, and all the ones I’m not thinking straight enough to write the names of… they’re awesome people, and a great encouragement to me. We're all for each other, no matter what else might be going on around us. They’re all a huge part of my life, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

I’m thankful for stories

Of course I am, right? But it’s true. I’m so thankful for stories, for the ideas that pop into my head on a moment’s notice and take me spiraling down the rabbit hole into a new world, a new way of life. I’m thankful that the stories have never stopped coming, and that they never will.

Most of all though, I’m thankful that I have the honor of sharing my stories with all of you. It’s been an honor. Truly.

[love and thanks]

{Rani Divine}