23/30

Today I am thankful for a wonderful, loving God.  I am thankful for the free-will he gives us all, allowing us the opportunity to take our own paths in life, with him by our sides.  Our world is a scary, dark place that grows worse every second of the day.  Knowing God is who he is makes living bearable in today's times.  Instead of living in fear, I know who I belong to, who my life belongs to, and I am able to feel secure in his arms. 

22/30 - 11/15

Today I am most thankful for my sister and her little family.  The cool thing about having a sister is God gives you a best friend for life.  She and I are 13 months apart.  We aren't as close as twins, but about as close as non twins can be.  I haven't always been the perfect sister to her, but she has always kept up her share of the deal.  Regardless of the unnecessary pain I caused her growing up, she has a heart of gold for me.  It always amazed me that when I would get in trouble (it happened a lot) and would have to get punished, she would cry right there with me.  Guess when I physically felt the must deserved spankings on my behind, she felt them in her heart.

It makes me smile to know I played a small part in her meeting her soul mate, her husband.  They have been married 9 years and have been together 12 years.  Her husband is the perfect fit to our family and I am proud to call him my brother. 

Thanks to them, I am a proud aunt to the sweetest, prettiest little country gal around.  Being a mother is a pretty awesome job and right there underneath is the job of being an aunt.  My niece brightens my day every time I see her or think about her.  She and my son are 19 months apart and are already the best of friends.  Shoot Little Man adores her so much when he sings his ABC's he leaves out J and adds another K for his KayKay.

21/30 - 7/10

Today I am thankful for honesty from a child.  Sometimes the truth isn't easy to hear, but I want my kids to understand, as long as they are honest, I'll always have a ear for them.  My Daddy taught my sister and I to not lie and I plan on passing this on to all our boys. 

20/30 - 2/3

Today I am thankful for books and my love to read.  Give me a book and tell me I have to read it and I probably won't.  Let me discover a book on my own and I'll read it and enjoy every second.  Books are fun because you can use your imagination, relate to the characters, and jump in like you are living the story yourself.  The best books are the ones you can't put down, they follow you everywhere.  I'm also thankful for my Sony ereader.  This allows me to carry around my whole library in my bag.  I can pull it out and commence to ignoring the world.

19/30

Today I am thankful for a husband that allows me to sleep in when he is off of work. 

18/30 - 3/5

Okay...I admit it.  I am doing horrible regarding remembering to post every day for this month what I am thankful for.  Instead of trying to catch up, I'm just going to continue today.  This doesn't mean I am not thankful for something every day, b/c I am and I do think about posting, just forget.  If you know me, you totally understand.  At any rate...

Today I am thankful that my entire family is home.  We went to NC today to pick up the boys and just got home about an hour ago.  I know the love I have for our boys, but just seeing it radiating from Little Man just melts my heart.  I think his cheeks will be sore tomorrow from smiling so much tonight. 

I am also thankful God kept us safe on our journey today.  Coming home we had a tire blow out in Charlotte.  Of course we were against the wall in bumper to bumper traffic.  Talk about scary!!  I think we all were shaking, except Little Man...he was napping.  :)

The boys will be here for a week so I'm kinda hoping it will draaaaaaaaaaaaaag by.

11/30

Today I am thankful for our Veterans, most especially those who gave the ultimate sacrifice and those who have experienced combat firsthand.  I'm sure their isn't a day that goes by where, either they or their loved ones, left behind, aren't haunted by the things they have seen or the void in their lives.