Free things to be thankful for

List 25 free things that I am thankful for. This is a creative writing exercise that hopefully will come easy to me. And even though Thanksgiving has come and gone, I am thankful for things year round. So, here goes:

1. Hugs
2. A warm bed
3. Friends and family (not exactly third on the priority list)
4. My health
5. Creativity
6. Summer rain
7. The first snow
8. Autumn smells
9. Good stories
10. Idea collaborators
11. Nature walks
12. Silence
13. Music
14. Art
15. My five senses
16. Cool pillows
17. Doggies
18. Lightning bugs
19. Sunny days
20. Photographs
21. Water
22. Jacket weather
23. Exercise
24. Polite people
25. Soup

Okay, that wasn't so bad. I thought of others that could be seen as controversial given the "free" element of this exercise. While I left some out, I decided with others that free equals whether I paid for it. So no, I did not pay for my soup. It was given to me by a polite person in a music filled court yard under sunny skies.