I am thankful that our good friends gave us a bird feeder 15 years ago, thus starting my huge love affair with watching the birds. They're beautiful and entertaining. They have given me great pleasure and saved my sanity during tough times. I mean, who could resist a bright-eyed, curious, bold little chickadee?
"My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks