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Thanksgiving is Mamaās āholidayā. Yes, she loves Christmas, but Thanksgiving is a time to remember everything and everyone who have blessed our lives.
I thought I would give you a few things that I am thankful for this yearā¦
Like many, I am thankful for my family. I really hate living so far away from my family, but thanks to the internet and cheap phone calls, I can stay in touch. For each of you, please know that you are not far from my thoughts even though you are far in distance.
My in-laws are so wonderful. We donāt get to see you as much as weād like, but itās great to see you when we do. I love this time a year because we get to see you twice in nearly a month! We truly hope that you can visit more. I know youāre busy and with our crazy schedule it is so hard for us to get to your place. (See you later today! š )
Our āadoptiveā family ā Ma and Paā¦ the two of you have welcomed us into your lives. I canāt believe we started out as neighbors nearly 17 years ago and now weāre family. I canāt imagine what our lives would be like without you in it.
My friends, thank you for being there when I need you; especially a few weeks ago during my Life Altering Event.
Two of the people in my life I am most thankful for are Hubby and The Offspring. You two are my life and I would be empty without you.
Iāve really missed The Offspring! She came home yesterday from college for their Thanksgiving Break. š Itās soooo GREAT to see her! I donāt know if she knows really how much I have missed her.
It doesnāt seem like two months since we dropped her off at college. She seems to be doing great with lifeās Training Wheels.
First I surprised her by running out the front door, camera in hand, and snapping a ton of photosā¦ Most of them, OK all of them, are out of focus, so I decided to through this into a sequential collageā¦ you can get how this went downā¦ š
The Offspring was a bit embarrassed, but her roommate Katie was sure happy to see meā¦ well, she is my āBFFLā! At least thatās what each of our cell phones have next to one anotherās names. (Update [27-Nov]: āBFFLā = Best Friend For Life)
Wanna know something amazing??? The Offspring and Katie were randomly chosen as roommates. Not so odd; but the fact that they have been friends for over 9 years, even though they didnāt go to the same high school and played on the same travel softball team for 6 years when they were youngerā¦ thatās whatās so odd. Randomā¦ WOW!
Oooopsā¦ I got off track a bit there. Actually, no I didnātā¦
I am SO thankful that The Offspring has such a GREAT roommate and they have been able to reconnect and experience college together! Happy Thanksgiving, Katie! š
When The Offspring arrived, she got a special surpriseā¦ when she walked in the door I had her favorite Thanksgiving recipe in the ovenā¦ my pumpkin bread. I have to admitā¦ itās awesome! I receive lots of requests to make it this time of year. In fact, The Offspring is taking some back to college for her roommate and friends across the hall. She told them that it was even better than my Zucchini Bread they had last month. They canāt wait! š
I thought I would share the recipe with it with you on this Thanksgiving, but since so many of you are buried with Thanksgiving today I thought I would put it off for a few days. I promise I will share!
Happy Thanksgiving!
For what are you thankful for this year?