Thanksgiving Eve

I was just checking posts on my Mommy board and there was one regarding what we are thankful for. As I read other's responses I of course started thinking of my own. Many times throughout this past year I have pondered why Clayton and I have the bad luck that we do. As the saying often goes, "if it weren't for bad luck we would have no luck at all." When I really stop to think about it maybe it isn't that bad. We both have kept our jobs through the terrible times our economy has recently encountered. We have a home that most of the time when it isn't falling apart we actually love. But most of all we have our wonderful family. Our kids are healthy and happy. What more could we really ask for? Maybe nothing. Maybe we need to focus not on what we don't have, but that which we do. A very wise woman once told me, "our gifts are in heaven." That has gotten me past the times where all I can seem to dwell on is the things we don't get. So let us come together tomorrow to have wonderful food, great conversation and to be thankful for all that we have and not all that we want. Sometimes I find that all I need to do is look right in front of me for the things that make be the happiest.