I am Thankful

Thanksgiving is just around the corner. I am actually looking forward to the holidays this year. I have a baby in my arms and much to be thankful for. Last Thanksgiving was torture. The world could have ended and I wouldn't had cared. I would have welcomed it, and end to this misery. And Christmas just around the corner?? Ugh, world just end!!

Now that I have had a year to grieve and recover, and have since welcomed a tiny new life into this world, I care more. I have a lot to be thankful for, and world, please, don't end just yet.

I am thankful.

I am thankful for the opportunity to love and to cherish and to cradle...tiny bodies and special memories.

I am thankful that more often these opportunities flourish into more loveliness, more time to cherish and to cradle and create more lasting memories.

I am thankful that even those that don't, still existed even for a fleeting moment in time; and still own a sacred place in my heart.

I am thankful for LIFE, even though it can really put a hurtin' on me sometimes. For all of the heartbreaks and stubbed toes, LIFE is so special and momentously rewarding.

I am thankful for GOD, who is LIFE. Period.

I am thankful for my family, who, for the most part, has been remarkably supportive of me over the past year and a half. Family makes this ride of LIFE so worth it.

I am thankful for friends; for their kind words, quiet prayers and subtle thoughts.

I am thankful for my darling husband. We have been on quite the roller coaster this past while, and he has been so solid and supportive through it all.

I am thankful for my DAUGHTERS. Diamonds aren't a girl's best friend...DAUGHTERS are. My daughters are more precious than anything to me, and most certainly any stone, no matter how shiny and costly. My daughters are priceless. Briana and Avalyn are so precious, and are most certainly the best things I have to show for my life. I am so, so thankful for them. I owe them my LIFE.