November 15th:
Today, I'm thankful that even long difficult days eventually come to an end. This day was full of challenge after challenge and seemed to stretch on and on and on and on. I really despise days like that. I'm so glad this one is over and I will get a new day tomorrow.
November 16th:
I'm thankful today for all the really great, hard working teachers in our schools who pour themselves into their work and into their students. Every year Life Bible church blesses all the teachers with a free handmade lunch to say thank you for their dedication to our kids and this year I got to bake the cookies that went into those lunches. I loved most of the teachers my kids have/had throughout their education. Some of them I've loved more than others, but on the whole, I think my kids have had a majority of great teachers. For that, I'm thankful.
November 17th:
Today I'm thankful for my sister. She currently lives in Arizona with her long-time boyfriend/soon to be fiance. (eeeeee! so excited for that to finally happen!) We've had an interesting relationship. I am 8 years older than she is so I've often been more of a mother-type figure to her. We got along most of the time. Though, we did have a rough patch when she was about 17 and our mother needed to go to Oregon to care for our grandmother who was in the end stages of liver cancer. I was left to keep an eye on her until Mom could come back. With her being left pretty much on her own (as youngest of the three siblings, at 17, she was not keen on being babysat) and with me being married with a baby and living 20 miles away in another town, we had a few headbutting occasions. But all in all, I am so happy to have her in my life. Our mother passed away about 6 years ago and since then we have grown closer than we've probably ever been. I miss her.
