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Happy (almost) Thanksgiving everyone! And Happy Hanukkah too!

Tonight, we put the finishing touches on a Thanksgiving apple cake to share with friends. Then, we lit the Menorah and ate matzo ball soup and potato latkes for dinner. How’s that for multicultural? My whole house sells like my Bubbie’s apartment building. It’s a good memory.

What with Thanksgiving and Hanukkah and Christmas right around the corner, there is much to be thankful for. What are you feeling thankful for this year, regardless of whether you are celebrating tomorrow or had your turkey that second Monday of October (I’m looking at you my Canucks!)?

My most thankful thoughts are saved for these three:

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Pierre and I are together by pure serendipity. When I am at my most thoughtful, I absolutely marvel at how the stars lined up so perfectly to bring the two of us together. And for how hard we have worked to keep it that way. Above all else, that is what I am most thankful for: Pierre, Benjamin, Nicholas and the life we have together.

I’m also thankful for our family. For the time they take to make us feel a little closer, despite our physical distance. For the help when we need it, for always showing that they are there; that no matter what happens, our boys have a home. For the visits, for the packages (Ben and Nicholas do love those packages) and for the phone calls. Oh, and I am really, really thankful for a great long-distance phone plan.

I’m thankful for the life that we’ve built together in Pennsylvania, for the incredible friends and neighbors who have come into our lives. For knowing that we have a village, a family, a place to raise our boys that we can call our own. I am thankful for my amazing girlfriends. Every woman needs girlfriends as incredible as mine. They are my sounding-boards and sanity-savers, my life-lines and partners-in-mommy-crime. I’m thankful for the friends who live far, who take the time to stay-in-touch, even when life gets crazy.

I’m thankful for all the teachers who have helped my boys to love school. They have no idea of the life-long impact that they have made, and how grateful I am for it.

What else am I thankful for? Hot tea on cold mornings, a glass of wine at the end of the day, fire in our hearth, fuzzy socks, chocolate (who isn’t thankful for chocolate?) and steaming hot baths with a good book. Date nights, snuggles, S’mores, and Brie cheese. I’m thankful for toothless smiles, the Disney Channel on Saturday mornings, and humidity-free days. For watching my boys play with their puppy, amidst the chaos this causes. I’m thankful for the moment that Pierre walks in the door each evening, and for the way I feel after a run (I’ve yet to be thankful during a run). For boots (I do love boots!) and baking and dancing in the kitchen too.

I wish all of you just as much, and more, to be thankful for.

xo Naomi

Comments

  1. KateNovember 28, 2013 at 8:05 AM

    There are things I really want to be thankful of. But most of all, I'm thankful for having my family.

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    1. NaomiNovember 29, 2013 at 9:50 AM

      You are so right, Kate! Family is always number one. Thanks for commenting!

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