Thanks...

Wow, Thanksgiving is tomorrow already?! Where does the time go?

I used to always think of Thanksgiving as the start of Christmas, the gateway to the holiday season. Now, though? Now, I am trying to be more thankful, more aware of the blessings in my life...and what would those blessings be, you ask? (just pretend for the sake of argument that you asked) This is my beautiful baby girl's second Thanksgiving with us. We have wonderful family who love us and who we enjoy spending time with. I have a stable job and I love what I do. My husband has a stable job, and his back has been holding out lately. We are able to enjoy nice family vacations, as well as an extended weekend trip (no dear child along this time) in a few weeks. We have a nice home, a gorgeous new car, and all of the toys we could really want. My mom watches Callie every day, giving us great relief knowing that she is in great hands while we are working. My brothers adore my daughter, and my daughter adores them! Our families are close by and we can see them very often. My mother-in-law takes great care of us, feeding us all every night practically. I am thankful for my game-playing family that loves to get together as often as we can and just be crazy & silly. Our church family is so loving and supportive, we have developed great friendships that I pray last for eternity. Callie has little friends in the nursery that she will get to grow up right alongside of, learning from, teaching, fighting with and loving--the fighting part was in full force this weekend, as she spied Paige sitting on Momma's lap, which started an all-out squealfest until I cleared the infringing party from her position on my legs and placed Callie there instead! Oh, and did I mention, my most wonderful blessings--a child who loves me so much that she doesn't always want to share me with the world just yet and a husband who loves me despite my shortcomings and tries to encourage me when I am down!

Life is good and God is great!!

What are you thankful for? Take this time to realize the blessings in your life and give thanks for them. We can so often get caught up in the bad things happening to us and around us that we fail to realize how blessed we are.

Happy Thanksgiving!!