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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Thankful

In honor of the season, here are some things I/we are grateful for (in no particular order).

~ amazing friends:
- like the kind that takes time out of her busy schedule to take amazing pictures of my family for me. Without her, I would only have my pitiful attempts at pictures.
- friends who love our children like their own. Ones that think of them even when they are out of town visiting their own families! I don't know if they will ever truly realize how much my kids love them, and more importantly how grateful I am for them.
- friends that will stand in the cold in the middle of the night for the fun of Black Friday shopping.
- friends who share their turkey fryer, so that we too may enjoy unhealthy goodness!

In fact, I am grateful for all of my friends, we truly have so many great friends that will be just as excited as us when H comes home.

~ family
- mostly my sweet, adorable perfect children and husband. They love me unconditionally and make me whole.
- our extended family. Of course a big part of that is mentioned above in our friends who are like a family. But also, those we got via the powers that be. They never make for a dull moment & they take us as we are (whether they want to or not.)
- H! Because even though he is far away he is family, and this is the last Thanksgiving we will celebrate without him.

~ my health and the health of my loved ones.
~ my job, I have one, it is fulfilling and never boring.
- amazing co-workers that better fall into the category of friends.

Life, I am thankful for life, I love this time of year. A time of thankfulness, a time of giving. And especially days like today, good friends, good times, good weather.

I could take or leave the bitter cold, so I am thankful for a Fall like day today.

Now, I shall go and be subjected to the VT/UVA game, with S (die hard UVA fan) & a VT fan present, should be interesting. Hoping my children don't learn any new choice words in the next 3 hours!

Thank you.

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Ramblings...

I am horrible at coming up with titles for my posts, the end. But rambling is what I usually, so I am going with that. Years down the road I will wonder why I called every 4th post some variation of the word!
Anyway, 1st I want to say WE GOT MORE PICTURES!!! And they are from his foster home, and he is smiling, yes smiling in several. In fact in one he is making the "cheese face." In another he is riding in one of those L*ittle Tikes cars, a police car to be exact. Those that know us might know that we have the exact same one, so that made me happy. Something familiar for him when he gets home! He also has his photo album GG made him and he is sitting or laying intently checking us out! Yay! Speaking of coming home, time seems to finally be moving now, and spring doesn't seem nearly as far away.

In other news, we are preparing for the loss of a loved one. One of S's family members is nearing the end of a hard fight with cancer. Mortality is hard. We are sad but hope to maintain the memories of her contribution to the amazing man my husband is present in our lives. It is leading to some hard conversations at our house, ones I wish we never had to have. I saw something today that is really resonating in my mind: "love the people God gave you, because He will need them back one day."

One last ramble, something important to all people, whether we realize it or not. I have a dear, amazing friend, I will call her "Fluffy". She is amazingly talented, smart, hilarious and thought provoking. She has a blog (sort of several) and I think everyone should check it out. http://dayeseye.typepad.com/make_change/. Check it out, think about the change you can make in the world around you. I have made change for people, I didn't always realize it or even mean to in the moment, but I have. And I feel amazing. And you know what? It wasn't even that hard. Doing what felt right in my heart in that moment made a difference.
So to you "Fluffy" you have made change in my life, as simple as fixing this blog, to lending a sympathetic ear. So, thank you.

Love those dear to you, make change in the lives around you & enjoy life.

*ps...typing on an IPad is difficult, so don't judge :)*