Happy Thankgiving

My life has changed so much over the past few months. No kids live at home and my Dad has come back to live here minus a part of his leg. Jay and I look to adapt to these changes and on this day all I can think of is how thankful I am for the life I have and the man I have married. How blessed am I that I have 2 kids that are out there doing productive things in the world? Conversations with Kyle have changed from what are you designing to how do you like the new handgun you were assigned? Or, So what take-down techniques are you learning this week. He is well on his way to becoming a wonderful police officer and Newark is lucky to have him. And Shelby is growing so quickly in this amazing college she is in. She can speak some Russian now, knows all about African women in Colonial history and can write on positions of philosophers that I have never even heard of. I hope I recognize her when she comes home in December. Dad is 85 years old and has lost the lower half of his left leg and yet he continues to challenge himself to be independent. He will not let anything stop him and while I have had my breath held on a number of occasions as he tries to jump something or do something on his own, I am so proud of him. He is a great role model for any of us that think growing old means becoming less capable. And most of all I cannot say enough on how thankful I am to be married to Jay. He is so kind hearted and right there for me all the time. I love how he is with our children and I fall in love with him more and more each day as I see how he is with my dad.

Tonight all I can say is Thank you God for putting such amazing people in my life.