Thanksgiving Thoughts

Happy Thanksgiving! One of my favorite holidays....food, food, food, family, and no commercialisim (i.e. spend all this money on your friends and family and it's supposed to show them you care). This year I have much to be thankful for.

• Of course, for the little Peep growing inside of me. It's 10 weeks today (well...sort of. Did I ever tell you how I'm going by the date of conception instead of my LMP? It's a psychological thing, but it makes me feel better, and since due dates tend to change anyway, I didn't think there was much harm in it.). Double digits. New territory. I am so grateful for every day I get with this little one, and hope with each passing day that it brings me closer to meeting him/her.


• I'm also thankful for all my sistas. Women I didn't even know a year ago who have helped me get so far in the short time I've known them. Women who have helped me in my times of need, and I hope I have helped them in some small way as well. Women who, although we've never met, have become best friends to me. Thank you for all you have done!


• I am thankful I have a roof over my head, food to eat, and money to pay my bills. So many are losing their jobs, and with the costs of food, heat, and housing going through the roof, I truly am very fortunate to have enough to live on.


• I am thankful I have a husband to love and love me back. That I have my family to support me. And that I am not alone in this world.


• It's sad that I had to edit to add this, but I almost forgot... I am thankful for Arabella. I didn't have much time with her, but I learned so much from that experience. That was her purpose, I believe - to open my eyes to so much.

There are many other things to be thankful about, but I don't want to go on and on. These are the biggies, the ones that are on my mind the most today. So as I sit down to feast this afternoon (if Peep will allow my nausea to subside), I will be thinking of all of you and how you have enriched my life. Thank you. Best wishes!