As I sit in the quiet of the morning with my coffee, my heart is smiling. Both of my "chicks" are home in the nest. Casie has made it home from college for her Thanksgiving break. I just peeked on both her and Lindsey....both in their rooms, snoozing away. I smiled in their doorways, not even caring about the mess that lay on the floors in each of their rooms. Just thankful that they are healthy, that they are filled with love, and thankful that they are here. I'll be a little envious as I head off to work this morning...envious that I can't just stay home and hang out. My only consolation will be that knowing them, they'll be sleeping most of the morning away, and wouldn't have been hanging out with me anyway.
I have so much to be thankful for. I plan to write some of my "thanks" into my journal. I find that when I start acknowledging what I am thankful for, I find more and more to thank God for.
The main thanksgiving I have this year is that my family is together. I didn't know that we would be earlier this year. It has been a hurtful and tough year, a year of wounds. But it has been a healing and good year also. Through everything, it has been a grace-filled year. A year of renewal. A year of God's reminder that He is ever faithful to me.
So, as I sit in my home, all cozy and quiet this morning...I am thankful. Thankful for Andy. Thankful for Casie. Thankful for Lindsey. I'm thankful for Cocoa and Flash, who keep us entertained.
Yes, I'm smiling. On the inside and out. A great big ear to ear thankful smile. I think I'll go work on the rest of my "thankful" list now.
