Gobble, Gobble, Gobble

A Gobble, Gobble to you and yours. Thanksgiving is quickly approaching. The cooking, drinking, baking, drinking, cleaning and drinking are all underway. Everyone is getting excited for a few days off with family they enjoy ( or at least pretend to).
I am certainly looking forward to the next few days, but T-Day is always a hard one for me. I have a few extra special reasons to be thankful due to some things that have happened on Thanksgivings past. You see, my grandmother passed away on Thanksgiving. She was an amazing woman ( tearing up as I type, so excuse all typos)and a huge part of my life. Hayden never got to meet her, but has heard many a story.Hayden woke up on his fist Thanksgiving in the PICU at Hopkins. He had a cath the day before and had to stay until mid -day. Not exactly what you picture for baby's first Thanksgiving. And, later that day, once we were discharged, my Dad announced that he had been diagnosed with Renal Cancer. ( Dad? On Thanksgiving? In retrospect was that a good day??? xoxo) So, T-Day brings back all of those emotions for me and I take em and twist em and turn em into something good and gooey. You see, these difficult times are what allow me to be so thankful for what I have. And, I have a lot. Of course, I am thankful to have had my grandmother in my life for so long, for the blessing that Hayden and his "special heart" have been to me and for my Dad being 6.5 years Cancer free. But, I am also thankful for so many people, experiences and things ( I will not name them all. My life is a pretty open book, but I do not need to spill it all for ya).
So,if you are reading this ( and obviously, you are) you have touched my life in some way and I am so very thankful for you.
I intend to spend T-day lovin' up on my boys, eating yumminess, cooking with my Mom, laughing with my Dad and appreciating every stinkin' minute of it. I wish the same for you.
Well, you don't get to love up on my boys...they are all mine:-)