So Thankful

The turkey is in the oven, the fixins are pretty much put together ready to go in the oven, the laundry is started and it is not even 7 am yet. Sittin here thinking, where has the time gone?? This year it just doesn't feel like it could be the holiday season yet...feels good to have Trenton home for a few days, not necessarily loving the fact that Tyler has to cut weight for wrestling. That is such a bummer, I don't know why wrestling season has to be during the best eatin' time of the year!!! I don't know, maybe I shouldn't feel so bad that he can't stuff himself until he is sick and unbuttoning his pants for room...we just shouldn't be eating that way anyways, but some do. Anyways, counting my blessings this morning and I have so many that I take for granted each and every day. My family being the biggest. I have such a support network, such an unconditional love from my family and that is absolutely PRICELESS. My parents and inlaws, my children, my husband. I am truly, truly blessed. I know it is such a "generic" thing to be thankful for...whenever anyone asks the question, "what are you thankful for" - their answer is usually "family." But I can tell you, this Thanksgiving, I am so thankful for my family.
I am also thankful for a forgiving God. I can't tell you how often I think, "wow, God must think I am some piece of work"...I fall short quite often and I am trying to get better on that end. I am a true and honest believer than when things are right with God, things are just right, in all areas of my life.
I am also thankful for my Maizy...yes, our lab...she has listened to my good and bad ramblings day in and day out and she just looks at me, ready for me to cry on her shoulder and feel her soft hair as I pet her and ease some of my sorrow, or she is always ready to play, to give me a good laugh...I love that dog. She never goes behind my back and tells any secret or tells anyone that I had a good cry that day...she just lives and loves, takes every moment for what it is and then lets it be...I could learn so much from that. She is such a good companion.
So, as I sit here today, those three things I am most thankful for today...my family, my God and my dog. Oh, believe me, I have so many more things I could list...but for today, those are what I am most thankful for. May God bless you on your Thanksgiving day today. Enjoy it with those who love you. I will be.