What am I thankful for? I am thankful for my family. I am thankful for my husband. He is an unbelievable man who somehow loves me everyday and can tolerate my craziness. He is the BEST father I have ever witnessed and can take over the boys business without skipping a beat…often doing a better job than I could do. He is patient and loving and just a nice guy! We always feel like we come first and each of us feels like we are the most important thing to him. He is amazing.

Mark and I were lucky enough to find each other and have a family including our miracles, Josh and Brody. (The first miracle is that we even got together, but that is another story!) Josh was a surprise miracle and Brody was a much planned miracle. We are not religious people, but we do believe in miracles. As you can see, all the planning in the world doesn’t equal what you expect. Sometimes the unexpected equals more than you thought you could ever handle. Again, we aren’t religious but sometimes we giggle when people say ‘you only get what God knows you can handle’ and we think we know an awful lot of wimps if that is the case! (Nothing personal to all you people with ‘typical’ little kids….I hear you will get ‘yours’ when they are teenagers!) We also can’t think things always happen for a reason because it just seems mean to have a little boy locked in his own mind and another little boy wanting a little brother that is the same as other little brothers. So, we are thankful for what we have. ‘You get what you get and you don’t get upset’---- our mantra. Well, we all get upset, some more than others, but we love what we’ve ‘got’. Some days that’s enough, other days it means to just go to bed early, whoever you are in this family. A new day will be better.

I am thankful for Josh being the most loving, kind-hearted, fun-loving and fantastic big brother and son. He is a good friend to many and an example of kindness and patience. He is so smart and eager to learn. He says nice things knowing it will make people feel good. He gives kisses and hugs without anybody asking and he tells you he loves you because he does. He is athletically gifted, as far as I can tell. He looks for the best in everybody. He watches out for Brody and protects him and hopes they can talk and play together like big boys some day. He has to put up with a lot. He rarely gets mad because of Brody and usually sticks up for him if Brody does something he shouldn’t. He is amazing.

I am thankful for Brody and the little boy he is blossoming into. I am thankful for Brody’s opportunity at school and his ‘angels’, meaning his teacher, paras, BCBA, administrators and friends. He is a sponge, ready to learn. He is the hardest working preschooler in the town of Coventry. He is a friend to the unexpected. He is ‘the smartest’, says some of his preschool buddies. He is an inspiration. He is an ABC pro. He loves to snuggle and cuddle and give kisses. He loves to ride in the car because it relaxes him. He loves to shoot baskets with his Dad and ride on the lawnmower. He loves to jump and he loves to laugh. He is amazing.

I am thankful for my three guys. They are amazing and amaze me every day…I am thankful for that.

P.S.
I am also thankful for the following…
Dunkin’ Donuts
Tivo
HGTV
The Food Network
Internet
Caller ID
Time with Mark alone
Nights out with the ‘Girls’
My pillow