In years past this list was always longer, but the times have changed. Gone is prosperity, the "Affordable Care Act" has seen to the fact that what once was a tiered society has become the haves and us who have not. The middle class which we fell out of years ago has ceased to exist. Gone is the youth I had not totally squandered. So this year I am thankful for the friends and family I have left. And perhaps the years I may yet survive!