Happy Thanksgiving!

Thankful Thursday - Thanksgiving Edition! This week, I am grateful:

1. That Claire still lets me hold her for more than 10 seconds every now and then. She is such a high-energy little girl, always running and playing. If I insist that she walk instead of run, say at church, she almost looks like it pains her to have to move that slowly.


2. That we have a little boy at our house to balance out all the girly stuff - I think I tell Miles maybe a bit too often - "you are such a boy!" But it is true - he just does things that Claire never even tried or cared to get into. He also likes to be naked :)


3. For an eternal perspective on my life - little things do set me back, or make me sad sometimes, but when you are looking at this life as a test of our faith and of our actions, it makes sense that challenges would come our way.

4. For sisters - what if I didn't have a sister?! It is nice to have a friend, who is a girl, who is stuck with you no matter what. :) I realized I need more photos of my sister when I went looking for a current one for this post. Here are a few quotes that I thought best described sisters:

"Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits, have some means of enjoyment in their power, which no subsequent connections can supply..." ~Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, 1814

"A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost." ~Marion C. Garretty

"Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship." ~Margaret Mead

5. My job as the marketing director for an accounting firm - I get to work at a reputable, stable company in this kind of scary economy, plus I have a great schedule - three days a week in the office. I am slowly but surely carving out more time to be home and with my kids - we will get there someday. In the meantime, I am blessed with work and a paycheck. We have had times over the past year without paychecks, which gives you a new perspective on getting to go to work.

6. And because it is Thanksgiving - one more thing to be grateful for, my husband. He can still make me laugh, he is a dad who pitches in and helps with the kids instead of coaching from the sidelines, and he is a lovely 6' 4" to match my need for high heeled boots. We are a good team in a lot of ways.



Happy Thanksgiving everyone!