Being Thankful For More Than Turkey...And Football.

I cannot believe it's Thanksgiving already.  Seriously, where has time gone? Usually we view Thanksgiving as a day off, a day of amazing football, a day to stuff our faces guilt free, and the day before the madness of the Christmas/Hanukah season begins. This year, Thanksgiving will be different for my family and it has really put my perspective on what I am truly thankful in focus.


This year my thankfulness goes beyond football (although I am 100% thankful for it), it goes beyond turkey, it goes beyond a day off. This Thanksgiving I am thankful for a plethora of things that, on a daily basis, make me smile and feel complete. It is simply amazing how lucky I really am. Ok, queue the collective 'Awwwwww'. In a world plagued with selfishness, poverty, unemployment, corrupt ways of thinking, unjust news, volatile markets, war, and chaos, it proves to be a difficult task to simply sit back and enjoy life, riding the free breeze without a care in the world. Sitting down to write this and collectively gather thoughts of how many times a day I say 'Oh thank goodness' really proved to me that even though times have been tough, I have a lot to be thankful for. 


As we all know, my family lost a significant member this year and there isn't a day that goes by that we don't think of Will. I know for a fact Ed and I miss him terribly. However sad I may get thinking about our family's loss of Will, I am thankful I had the opportunity to know him, to love him as a brother, to laugh with him, and for him to love Cman and I back. 


In other thanks, my list could go on and on... I'm thankful for the givens: Connor, Ed, Mama, my Dad and siblings, Ma, Pa, my sisters & brother-in law, my homies, morning coffee, my health, my job (most days), my families health, RHN, and seriously, the list could go on and on. 


So, on this turkey day, I raise my glass and thank each and every one of you for being amazing and also for being part of our (crazy) lives. We big puffy heart you and want you all to know how thankful we are for you.