Happy Thanksgiving

We have had a lovely Thanksgiving weekend thusfar. We have spent two days in Des Plaines, and will spend the next two in Clinton. Being a mother this Thanksgiving has made me reflect more emotionally than I have in the past. The frustration of sleepless nights, the exhaustion of long days of working as a teacher and then coming home to my mommy job, the heart ache when she is sick...is all worth it. It is your heart, moving around outside of your body. Oh so very thankful this year for so many things: most importantly, a healthy daughter, loving and helpful family, friends who make me laugh, a job that gives me satisfaction, my health, and overall happiness.