Seems that everyone remembers to be thankful at Thanksgiving weekend and I am no different as we do have lots to be thankful for. First, we GET TO celebrate Thanksgiving around table of food with family and friends. We GET TO because we have food and family. We take that all for granted but it is still true none the less. And with that I encourage everyone to drop food off at a food bank collection and share in your abundance whatever it is and when you are sitting around your table with your family, take a look at them all and at the very least say "thank you" in your heart that everyone at your table is with you this year.
We have an extra thing to be thankful for this year. It is our biggiest, most bestest thankful thing and it is that our son finished a long 3 1/4 years of chemotherapy at the end of August. I was reminded last night when an ear infection started on him and I brought him in to get checked out. I expected it to be a quick look and antibiotics and we are out, but he also had a fever. Since he is considered immune compromised for several month after chemo as well, that meant blood tests to check his counts which if they were low he would be admitted, which in turn would mean not able to attend and host thankgiving dinners this weekend. It's happened before and you learn to roll with it, but I'm am very thankful that his counts were good after all and he could go home with antibiotics and a follow up on Wednesday.
So this Thanksgiving we also GET TO be together as a family.
Yes, I am Thankful.
We have an extra thing to be thankful for this year. It is our biggiest, most bestest thankful thing and it is that our son finished a long 3 1/4 years of chemotherapy at the end of August. I was reminded last night when an ear infection started on him and I brought him in to get checked out. I expected it to be a quick look and antibiotics and we are out, but he also had a fever. Since he is considered immune compromised for several month after chemo as well, that meant blood tests to check his counts which if they were low he would be admitted, which in turn would mean not able to attend and host thankgiving dinners this weekend. It's happened before and you learn to roll with it, but I'm am very thankful that his counts were good after all and he could go home with antibiotics and a follow up on Wednesday.
So this Thanksgiving we also GET TO be together as a family.
Yes, I am Thankful.
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