Dream On

If this is a dream, please don't wake me up.

I'm not sure what I did to deserve this life.  I have a wonderful husband, three healthy, amazing kids, a lovely home, tons of loving and supportive family, true friends, a good job, my health, and now I get to start graduate school. (I am so excited about school that I could explode!)

The other night, I tried to focus on praying only "thank yous".  I tried not to unload or ask for anything or complain or do anything but be grateful.  (I almost did it.  I threw in one blanket, "please keep everyone I love safe. Amen" at the end.)

After all the trauma and loss of my teens and twenties, I just want to focus on the good of now.  For however long I get to live in this space and breathe in all of the amazing people and opportunities around me, I am eternally thankful for all of it.

And a very happy birthday to Silas.  I have spent five amazing years being your mother, and I thank God he gave me that blessing!  I love you, buddy!