Thankful — slackermama . com

I know I complain a lot about the “lot” we’ve been dealt in recent years. And while things have been rough, it’s not like we don’t have plenty to be thankful for.

Even if lightning hadn’t struck, and we weren’t pregnant, I would still have a lot to list. We have this beautiful house in a nice, safe neighborhood. How many years did we yearn for just that? It seemed like such an unattainable dream, but here we are. We have filled this house with such nice things, too. We have everything we need, plus a lot of things we don’t but that make life that much sweeter. We have families that we love and that love us in return. Nary a feud in sight. And we have a wonderful son, the best sort of kid a parent could ever hope to have. The sort of child that fills me with pure JOY just looking at him, because he’s mine and I can’t believe how much I love him.

But yes, the pregnancy is part of it. Really, what were the chances of getting pregnant the first time out the gates? It was something we’d joked about but I never really seriously entertained it. That’s just the sort of luck other people have. But it happened to us and I am SO incredible thankful for this third chance at a baby. And we now have this shining beacon to see us through the holiday season, that is reason to be thankful there alone!

So, Happy Thanksgiving to all you out there. Enjoy your holiday, your families and enjoy what you have. Find something to be thankful for. It might be easier than you’d think.

*And for those of you here looking for the “Lost” theme and want me to email it to you? Out of luck. I’m not a music service. I took the song down and deleted a good portion (but not all, I don’t have ALL. DAY.) of the comments because geeze, People!. I sent the song to a few people because I’m nice like that. But when I wake up one morning and every single comment is from someone wanting me to send them the song? I draw the line. So you’re just going to have to go find the song somewhere else.

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