Thanksgiving 2013

I hope you enjoyed a restful, long weekend filled with good food, family and friends. My two sisters were in town and it has been something like twelve years since we sisters have been together for Thanksgiving. As we sat down and I looked around the dinner table; I mentioned it felt a little like the movie "Little Women". With two sisters and six nieces we are a female dominate family. The abundance of women in our family makes me extra grateful for a husband and father who love spending time with the ladies; along with a son who has helped tip the scales.

This past year I have been learning a profound lesson in gratitude. Learning to be grateful despite my circumstances or when life is not exactly how I would have hoped for brings an sense of empowerment to my life.  My father said it best, "Although I don't need a holiday to be remind me to be grateful, it certainly is still nice to take time to celebrate".

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