Today I don’t think I can limit myself to just one thing to be thankful for. Today we are in College Station for the (soon to be cancelled) annual A&M/t.u. football game. Not only do we get to be in my favorite place, but my family and the Pike/Seeley clan is with us.
Today I am thankful for lifetime friends, family, food…and A&M. Now let’s just hope the Aggies can pull out a win 🙂
Today I am thankful that I was able to spend 16 years with my older sister. We had a complicated relationship when we got to high school, but I have such incredible memories of us as kids. I loved her so much and I love my memories of us as little kids sleeping in the same bed by choice. We would stay up way too late talking and laughing while we were supposed to be sleeping her big waterbed. So many good times. I wish she was still here. Every milestone I have reached that she didn’t reach makes me miss her a little more. The day I started college I cried. The day I got married, the day I had my first baby. These are all things she never got the chance to do.
But I am thankful for the time I did get to spend with her. And I am thankful that the day the police officer came to the door to tell me she had died was the day that I literally forgot ALL of the bad stuff. People say that and I never believed it…but I am here to tell you it is true. I don’t remember any of the bad stuff, only the sweet memories are left 🙂
Love you Shelly!
Today I am thankful for health. I say this with all sincerity. I have so many friends (and thanks to the wonderful world of blog and the internet I know lots of strangers) with some pretty incredible health problems and tragedies. There isn’t a day that goes by that I am not consiously thankful that God has blessed my family with healthy bodies.
Today I am thankful for my friends. Growing up my parents were mainly focused on our family and didn’t have time for lots of their own friends. As I’m finding my way in this world and figuring out what is important to me I have found that friends are incredibly important to me. I love the friends that I have known since kindergarten, and the ones from college that I am lucky enough to take trips with and spend holidays with (looking at you Pikes!!). I am also thankful for the friends Randy and I have made as a marrie couple. I love each wave of friendship and I love keeping them in my life. I cherish the time I spend with these friends whether it is with our families, or girl time, or couple time.
Today I am thankful for yesterday. What a fantastic day. We had Thanksgiving with my family yesterday and I got to do what I love. I spent all day long in the kitchen cooking with my people. Then more of my people showed up and we ate (seriously) the single best Thanksgiving meal I have ever eaten (or cooked). It was awesome. Even more awesome is that everyone was happy to be there, we all had good times and good laughs and the topper is that it was 80 degrees and we ate dinner on the patio.
Then we proceeded to drink way too much while playing dominoes until 2:30 in the morning. Today I am NOT thankful for the after affects of too much wine and laughing way too late into the night. But I am thankful for the day 🙂
Today I am thankful for family. Not the greeting card type of thanks…but truly thankful that I have the family I have. We are disfunctional and have flair for the dramatic…but I love us.
Today I am thankful to hear the following words out of Reed’s mouth, ‘Mom-ma, my tummy hurts’. Stay with me, I’m not crazy and I’m not thankful that my little boy is sick.
I am thankful that he can finally verbalize what he is feeling. Being the mom of a small child is so hard when they are sick. They can’t tell you what’s wrong, they only know they hurt and so they do the only thing they know how to do…they cry. I feel like we have reached a significant milestone since he can specifically tell me what is wrong. He even pointed to a specific part of his tummy as the pain point (don’t worry, it is on the left side of his belly right above his waist. If it was on the right side we would be on our way to the doctor to rule out appendix issues.)
Today I am thankful for Thanksgiving. I know that sounds strange, but I finally have a break in the storm at work and I am making my Thanksgiving lists. HEB lists, recipe lists, invite lists, etc. We are doing Reasonover/Baldwin/Killam Thanksgiving this Saturday and I need to get myself organized. I am thankful for my favorite holiday. Thankgiving is a cook’s holiday which makes it my favorite (except Easter, and birthdays, ok I really love all holidays.)
Today I am thankful for the doctor who delivered Reed. (You can read about it here: http://blogs.randybaldwin.com/family/2009/03/true-knot-baby/)
Dr. Gonima truly saved Reed’s life by making the executive decision to perform a c-section. I didn’t have a birth plan, but I didn’t want a c-section. Dr. Gonima overrulled me and I am forever grateful to him. I am reminded to be thankful for Dr. Gonima today because I got to spend my lunch hour with my sweet almost 3 year old little boy for his Thanksgiving luncheon at school. Oh how I love that silly goose!
Today is a bit of a repeat, but I am thankful for the RAIN!!
Rain is necessary for the soul. South Texas is in the worst drought in over 100 years and today the Lord is letting the rain fall down. The only thing that would make this better is if I wasn’t at work.