23 - grandparents

I missed a couple of days… here’s what I missed … 21… I’m grateful for clean water. So many countries don’t have access to clean drinking water. I take it for granted that the water coming from the tap is always clean and palatable. 22… Medical care that is extraordinary. We have doctors and nurses and pharmacists (my best friend’s husband is my on-call personal pharmacist all the time & I’m especially grateful for him) and testing and cures and treatments that were not available 10 or 15 or 50 years ago. And we are blessed by this.

Today, though, I am grateful for my grandparents. Today is my grandfather’s birthday, and I am blessed to still have my paternal grandparents still alive. I have known and loved all four of my grandparents. My maternal grandparents didn’t pass away until I was in my 30s. My kids are blessed to have grandparents who love them. They adore Mike’s dad and his wife. After Mike’s mom passed away, his dad was blessed to meet and fall in love with a wonderful woman who has become an amazing grandmother to our kids. My kids are also really quite blessed to have an additional set of grandparents in my sister-in-law, Stacy’s parents, who have taken us in here in Florida. They see Nana and Pops more than either set of their blood grandparents, and they love them just as much.

So, today, I am grateful for grandparents. All of them.

20 - opportunities

Griff and I went and volunteered today with the church we’ve been attending, and it was a good chance for us to meet some people at the church. More than that, it was a good reminder of the opportunities we have been given. It was a good reminder of how very blessed we are.

19 - date night

I’m going to see the new Harry Potter movie tonight with Mike (it’s our tradition to see it opening weekend), and I can hardly wait. dinner & drinks after. a good sitter with the kids. good time with my favorite person in the world. how could I not be thankful for date nights?

18 - color, sweet color

I’m 40… my natural color is a little sketchy these days, but you wouldn’t know it because I’ve got an amazing colorist. Today, I’m a blonde. Two months ago, I was a brunette. A while back, I was a red-head. I am thankful for a good colorist. Shallow, yes. Truthful, yes.

17 - Spirit Nights

Today, I’m thankful for Spirit Nights at my kids’ schools that allow me to not cook and do it under the guise of supporting their schools.