Thankfulness

Today, I am thankful.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, but right now it is early morning Wednesday, everyone is sleeping (including Leo!), it's raining, and it's just the right time to write of thankfulness.

I went and retrieved Carl and Mom from NJ last weekend, to spend Thanksgiving here. Now my thoughts are of Alex arriving safely through this storm that I am watching.

Alex is what made me think about thankfulness this morning. I received a text from him two nights ago from Wisconsin that went something like this...

"Some a-hole just blew past me at 80 miles an hour blowing snow all over my car making me spin out! Now I am stuck in the median and need a tow truck!"

Really?.... Really?.... Did I really just get that message from Alex?  Is is possible it just won't stop for our family?  I am thankful (that's an understatement) that he is ok and can't wait to see him!  Now I just have to get through his plane ride today.  Will the anxiety I've come to experience each morning, as I lay in bed thinking, ever subside?

Back to thankfulness.

When Kyle awoke nearly 6 months ago, he couldn't talk, move his limbs, or track movements with his eyes.  But just last month, we flew home for Kyle's senior portrait, determined that he would be back in school and walking across that stage in June!

For this I am thankful!

For this I am thankful!

I am thankful for Billy Grogan.  This man. This man helped save Kyle's life.  Our first responder.
He told us the complete scenario, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. We can now lay the rumors to rest.  He showed us his snapshot of Kyle laying tangled in the barbed wire fence, barely a breath coming from him, with his leg twisted up near his head.

I can hear you saying "You looked at the photo???"

Yes, I did. Enough time has passed.  It helped in some odd sort of way.






I am thankful for sooo many things...  the many friends and strangers (yes, strangers)  who sent gift cards, gas cards, meals.  Those that dog sat, or found our dog straying in the road and walked her home!  Those that just communicated via the blog, giving words of support.  The various fundraisers, the thoughtful presents, the many visitors.

 I am thankful for all the times Greg flew to Atlanta, giving me relief and support.....

....(but more importantly, being Kyle's eating buddy).

For this I am thankful!

I am thankful for the bond between these two brothers, the support from Alex, the hours of being there in good and bad.

For this I am thankful!

I am thankful that Mom is happy and that Dad is smiling with us from above.

I am thankful for moments like these!











And moments like these!

And above it all, we are all thankful for the leaps and bounds in Greg and Nancy's recovery!  (and the power of social media to bring our family together this wonderful Thanksgiving).

Happy Thanksgiving to all my family, near and far!...
Greg, Nancy, Crystal, Shannon and Carter!