November 14, 2010

Thanksgiving is creeping around the corner.  Is it just me, or does it seem like the holidays are coming faster than years past.  Or maybe it is just because my life is so full that the days go by in a blink.  More than enough reason to stop and think of what I am thankful for.  In the whirlwind of my days, it is not often that I can stop and reflect on such things.  But I do know what I am thankful for and they greet me each and every morning.

My husband has been the sparkle of my eye since August 24, 2002.  I fell in love with his charm and his ability to make me weak in the knees.  I knew I had to seal the deal with him and made him my husband November 4, 2006.  It hasn't all been bliss, but life has certainly been magical with him.  He is my lover and my friend and the father to my beautiful Lovey.

Little Miss Sophia graced my life on August 13, 2009 but had been touching my life since the moment I knew that I was carrying her.  God, I never knew I could love so much.  I never knew love could hurt so much.  The pitter patter of her feet on my floors reminds me of the simplicities in life which I am most grateful for.  No matter what, I have a drooly faced angel to kiss me every day.  Ahhhh, life is good.

I have a friend that knows my soul in and out like the back of her hand.  Our hearts just go hand in hand like we have known each other in all of our different lives.  We are simply inseparable and I love her with every beat of my heart.

My mama is the mother I could not have even dreamt up.  She is an angel.  She loves without boundaries and nurtures beyond comparison.  If only I can become half of the woman she is to me.

There are so many other wonderful people and things in my life to which I am eternally grateful.  I do not have this outlook every day, as the weight of the world sometimes falls on my shoulders and demons haunt me with a vengeance.  But in the end, it is love that truly conquers all.  Our future begins with a past and there isn't any ray of sunshine brighter than that.

I took this picture the other night when the setting sun lit up the dusk sky.  I was in heaven looking at the spectrum of colors above me.  It's times like these that I can connect to Mother Earth and feel grounded to this world I live in.