Here is the deal. I know you all want a post about searching and I want to write it too. But that kind of post deserves the chance to have a proper comment-discussion and that isn’t going to happen on Thanksgiving.
No one is sitting at their computer so we can chat. We will all be sleeping off our tryptophan and pumpkin pie hangovers. Also, I suspect that post will require two posts because there is so much ground to cover. Tomorrow I am required by internet law to post my annual Thanksgiving post, so I wouldn’t be able to post two in a row if I posted it today anyway. So I am sorry, but we will have to wait a few more days.
Instead, I am going to make a list of things I am thankful for this year. You know me, I am not generally the mushy type, but this week has brought it out.
I am thankful for:
- My two beautiful daughters. Even though they wear me out and drive me crazy more often than not, I couldn’t imagine my life without them.
- My adoring, long-suffering husband. The life we have built together surpasses my wildest dreams of happiness. He tries to make me happy, I try to make him happy and together (who would have thought!) we’re happy!
- The circle of friends I have found in the past few years. I can’t tell you how much it means to know so many wonderful, snarky, amazing women. I had missed the kind of camaraderie in my early years of parenting, now I take it for granted. I am a lucky, lucky girl.
- My wonderful home. Though I don’t deny wanting to move, we have a safe and lovely (if somewhat messy) house. Even more than that, we have found a community we love.
- The kindness of strangers. This year, there have been several people who who have offered assistance and information that I never could have accessed on my own (at least one of whom reads this blog–Thank YOU!). In this big, big world, it is amazing how willing people are to reach out to our family asking for nothing in return. I hope I can pass along that kindness to someone else one day in return.
That’s it.
It doesn’t look like much, but it is everything to me. My life wouldn’t be what it is without those five things. I am so very, very thankful.
ok, it’s rare that i will step over to true mushiness…but i am so thankful for our friendship. you know i make friends quickly and easily, and i know that you don’t. and i’m glad, because i think the time that it took to build our relationship makes it feel so much more solid. i know that i can count on you for just about anything (i bet you’d even give me a hug if i needed it!) and i consider you amongst my very closest friends. <3
/PMS-induced-mushiness
You just made me cry at the library! *sniff*
I feel the same way. I am so grateful that you are my friend even though I am a crazy internet stalker!
I am thankful that tomorrow is the most exciting post of the year. even though I already read it 3 weeks ago, I,m still giddy like a school-girl, it’s pathetic!
(also, I’m not American. So I’m thankful that I don’t need to come up with a long list!)
I am thankful for bloggers like you who tell it real and honest (and help me to not feel so crazy sometimes).
Here is to a budding friendship, I hope we can get together soon and share in this learning experience of parenting.
Happy Turkey Day!
Happy Thanksgiving! I await your post when the sugar-high has worn off.
Amfam, I’m grateful for your friendship as well. You’ve known my crazy husband way longer than I have and are always beautifully irreverent about his many quirks…I love it! Plus, you’ve been my mama role model in my early parenting days so rock on, my dear friend! I hope you and your family have a lovely Thanksgiving. We’re headed to your state today but not close enough to visit unfortunately.