I have been feeling emotionally puny this year as the holidays approached. Hence the long silence. It's taken everything I have lately to be a good friend/parent/co-worker each day, leaving little in the emotional reserves to be present with my friends inside the computer. I miss you all!
I've also been feeling a lot of powerful gratitude lately for things both big and small. Here are seven at the front of my mind this Thanksgiving:
- TiVo. How I love you, you little box of escapism.
- My toasty bed on a cold night
- The kids both being old enough that we can share in a joke together
- Our weekly family story time in front of the fireplace
- The always-singing, pretending-to-sommersault, sparkly-eyed little two-year old that Mari has grown into
- Watching Eddie discover this year his gigantic, emerging talent for building and creating and figuring out how things go together
- You. And you. And you, too.
5 comments:
We've missed you on the blog! Take all the time you need to regroup and recharge....thanks for everything you have done to support and promote open adoption and adoption awareness.
Love and miss you Heather--hope all is well in your world. Thankful for you!
"Emotionally puny" - what a great way to put it! :)
I am grateful for you! Your writing always resonates with me. I'm hoping we get to meet for real in less than a year....
You - and all you've shared about your life and open adoption - are on my long list of things both big and small for which I am grateful.
Take good care of yourself, lady.
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