For me, the looking forward to waking up part isn’t so much the case. It’s more like I get the coffee to endure waking up so early. At least these days I wake up after the sun is already up. Trying to function when it’s still dark outside is rough. Putting on pants before 6 am is always hazardous to my health.

But then there’s coffee. Coffee makes everything better. Plus, I tend to do better work with my eyes open. Also, talking with other people works better if you’re not asleep. I think that at least 50% of my personality comes from coffee.

I’m thankful for the person who decided to take coffee beans, smash them and put them in hot water. Whoever it was deserves his or her own holiday. I mean we have a holiday for just about everything else under the sun. Why not a day for coffee?

I’d be infinitely more grateful if the coffee could make it self or at least be inserted into my veins intravenously. Seriously. Some day, you need the coffee to be able to make the coffee. For those of us who are not morning people, the struggle is real.

But coffee is one little thing I give thanks to God for. Without coffee, there’d be a little less joy in my life . . . and a lot less conversation. Just sayin’.