November 27th, 2009

Despite it All, I’m Thankful!

Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday. Good food, company, and sports! But this year as the season approached I found myself getting more and more depressed. I lost my oldest sister this year and my father-in-law. My relationship with my mother is worse than ever (topic for another day), and money is tight. So Wednesday I spent the day in a funk feeling all out of sorts. We had planned to host our Thanksgiving dinner with my in-laws, but they were passing a case of swine flu back and forth so we opted to stay healthy. I would be spending the better part of the day alone (with my daughter) because my husband had to work. I would be cooking for my small family of three without a phone call from my sister or my husband and his dad enjoying football.

And then yesterday, something happened. My sister Caroline called. We talked about us meeting at Disney World in February, about the heartache of our sister’s death and our mother’s decision to cut us off, and we talked about our daughters and our spouses, and how much we love one another. And I cooked and my daughter helped and we created new memories and traditions. My husband came home early and my heart was full.

Despite it all, I am thankful! I am thankful for my husband whom I have known for 14 years and with whom I’ve been in love for 12 years. I am thankful for my in-laws who accepted me and treated me like I was their child and sister. I am thankful for the memories that I have of Poppy, Nicola, and my own Dad who passed in 2000. I am grateful for good friends who have been supportive of me when life has been so hard.

I am thankful for good fortune, great business ventures, great business relationships.

I have a lot to be thankful for and I know that while life may get hard sometimes, I will be OK.

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5 Responses to “Despite it All, I’m Thankful!”

Yakini

Happy Thanksgiving! ((hugs)) It sounds like you all had a really special time, creating your own traditions and memories.
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Renee

I am so glad to hear that things turned around and you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I didn’t expect anything less. Can’t wait to see you in a few weeks!

kristinabrookeTwitter:momontherise

Thanks girl. I can’t wait to see you either. It’ll be so much fun.

Quiskaeya

So glad that you and your sister were able to reminisce and share. And because of it you were able to see what you have to be thankful for. It is hard to be thankful when loved ones can’t be here to share in the joy. But like you said we can make new traditions and memories with the loved one still with us. Glad you had a great thanksgiving
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kristinabrookeTwitter:momontherise

Yes, it was nice. The hard part is that everyday I have to remind myself that life is good- that the good outweigh the bad.