Happy Thanksgiving, True Believers!

It’s that time of year again! As usual, I list the many things I’m thankful for since, well, that’s what Thanksgiving is about. It’s not just food, family, and football. Admittedly, this list only changes a little bit from year to year, but I’m thankful for the same things every Thanksgiving.

So, with that, here’s my list for 2017.

1. God the Father
2. Jesus Christ
3. The Holy Spirit
4. My salvation
5. The Bible
6. My wonderful family
7. My two nephews
8. My amazing friends
9. My equally amazing writer friends
10. The Fort Wayne Ballroom Company (FWBC)
11. My “dance family” at FWBC
12. That I continue to perform at FWBC’s showcases and other events with wonderful instructors/partners
13. Ballroom/social dancing
14. For all the conventions I attended this year
15. My car, which I named Silver Sable (235,000 miles and still going!)
16. My church
17. My gaming consoles and video games
18. My book collection
19. My movie collection
20. My laptop
21. My music collection
22. My new podcast, Kaijuvision Radio
23. My day job
24. That I’m 2+ years ahead on my student loan repayments!
25. My cosplays
26. That I’m a published author
27. Hades Publications, which published my first novel and still has me under contract
28. CreateSpace, which publishes my self-published books
29. That I’ll have a new co-authored novel coming out soon! (More on that later)
30. My strong sense of justice
31. The house I live in
32. My talent for writing
33. all for One Productions
34. Volunteering for afO
35. My YouTube channel
36. For being part of the team writing at Children of the Wells
37. That I’m creative
38. My intellectual mind
39. My poet’s soul
40. My warrior’s heart
41. That I can read
42. My iPhone 7S
43. That I’m an American
44. That I’m a Hoosier
45. Summertime
46. October (the “sweet spot” of autumn)
47. Changing seasons
48. Christian Gamers Guild
49. GameChurch
50. Theology Gaming
51. My sense of humor
52. The North Webster Community Public Library
53. The Constitution, which lists my unalienable rights.
54. My “superpowers” (rarely get sick, my “BS” sense, look much younger than I am, heal fast from injuries).
55. My health
56. Netflix
57. That I got to meet Stan Lee this year
58. My camera
59. My knack for photography
60. Pretzels
61. Exercising at the gym.
62. My comic book collection
63. Chimp’s Comics
64. E. Comics
65. My board game collection
66. My nerdiness
67. The police and their service
68. The military and their service
69. My journal(s)
70. My website (NathanJSMarchand.com)
71. My fandoms
72. Gen-Con
73. The family pets
74. Bookstores
75. Spaghetti
76. Highland toffee (the family recipe)
77. Amazon.com
78. Movie theatres
79. My college degree
80. Running water
81. That I’m tall
82. That I still have all my hair
83. Football
84. (Most of) My coworkers
85. The generosity of others
86. The TUFW Alumni and Friends Center
87. That I attended TUFW
88. The YMCA
89. For living in the countryside
90. Plumbing
91. The Internet (though I sometimes wonder if it’s that great…)
92. My big tax refund
93. Facebook (again, sometimes I wonder if it’s worthwhile…)
94. Holidays
95. Family reconciliation
96. My intelligence
97. Arizona Tea Herbal Energy Tonic (cheaper than any energy drink!)
98. YouTube (though again, it’s merits are often debatable)
99. Candy
100. And finally…MORE STAR WARS!

     What are you thankful for this year?