Comfort

Are we talking about the noun related to coziness? Yep. I’m thankful for that. Blankets and flannel sheets, soft cotton, warm slippers, bubble baths, jammies, and a nice bed.

Are we talking about the noun related to solace? Yep. I’m thankful for that, too. Letters, hugs, phone calls and texts, holding me, crying with me, handing me the box of tissues.

My living room has quite a few blankets folded over the ends of the couches. These are gifts made or purchased by loved ones. I’m surrounded by things that are designed to comfort me in both ways. And I offer them to guests so that they too might be comforted.

This life has enough hard things in it that I am absolutely going to acknowledge, celebrate, and appreciate comfort, particularly when it is given as an act of love.