THANKFUL

I am going to guess most of you know where I'm going with this, but that's okay. I still want to say it.

This Thanksgiving is very special for my family.

This Thanksgiving could have looked a lot different. It could've been our first "without".....him.

Instead I'll most likely be swatting the second helping of canned cranberries out of his hand tomorrow and making sure he doesn't go for the salt shaker.

I'm still thankful for my health, my home, the rest of my family... but mostly, overwhelmingly, I'm thankful for his health.

In some twisted way, I'm thankful it happened-- or at least if it had to happen, that it unfolded the way it did. That even if he didn't have any warning then- we have warning now. I'm also thankful it's given me the chance to say all sorts of things to him I'm not sure I ever would've verbalized. I've always been close with my dad, or at least he was always special to me, but it was more of an unspoken feeling, than anything else. Don't get me wrong, I always told him I loved him, but I've never said all the other mushy things until now. It's brought us closer than we have ever been, and for that I'm incredibly thankful. I don't know how much longer we'll have together, 10 years, 20 years, 30 years.. the same can be said for anyone, but I do know that the years will be so much more special.



Happy Thanksgiving.