thanksgiving 2008.

i've always found thanksgiving week to be magical. i'm not sure what it is, but something magical or to be greatly thankful for always happens this week. i love it and it always proves to be my favorite week of the year.

this year (as always) i have so much to give thanks for, this blog will hardly be able to provide a home to all those thoughts, but here it goes:

first off, i'm so thankful for my LIFE. my life is amazing and sometimes i'm left in awe that it's MY life. it's been an amazing journey of ups and downs and i'm in such a great place in my life that sometimes it brings me to tears of joy. they say hindsight is 20/20 and i just find that to be a blessing. because everything has lead me to HERE, NOW and i'm just so grateful for my entire life.

i'm thankful for my husband. i honestly, don't know where or who i would be today if it wasn't for him. he has taught me patience and love and has given me more than i ever, ever could have asked for. i'm so blessed and cannot put into words how lucky i am to have not only found my best friend but soulmate all wrapped up in one. he teaches me patient, enduring and everlasting love every day.

i am thankful for OUR life. the journey from friends to lovers that we embarked upon a year and a half ago and the one that was sealed with eternal love a year ago. our lives are never dull, as we have so often laughed about and the journey is so much more enjoyable when in the company of loved ones. we have come such a long, long way from our individual lives and have come and grown even further since the day we took our vows. sometimes i can't help but look around and smile in awe at the life we have built...together.

i am thankful for our unborn daughter. this baby is sure to bring many smiles and be full of miracles to each day of our lives. i can't help but be brought to tears at the thought that the love my husband and i share for one another was great enough to bring this wonderful joy into ours and our families lives. every time i feel her move brings tears to my eyes and i can't help but just give thanks to God for teaching me unconditional love.

i am thankful for family, both mine and the husband's, though we differentiate no differently between the two. we're so lucky to have so many great, supportive people in our lives both near and far and we hope to instill in our daughter the same strong family values and morals that we learned from our cultures and many of our loved ones.

and lastly, i am thankful for my friends. i have found that this year was about learning who my "true friends" are and i am so grateful to have such a small wonderful group of people in my life that continue to love and support me through each up and down over the years. i consider it an honor to call them all my best friends. i'm thankful for the few unexpected friendships that have strengthened over the course of this year and look for to continuing to develop those friendships over the coming years as our lives continue to grow and be blessed with all our babies in 2009. and i am thankful for those friendships i have lost, both this year and in the years past. it always reminds me that some people are meant to come into our lives, sometimes for a moment, but can leave an impact forever.

i am thankful for so much and like i said, this blog does no justice to that. while this year has been absolutely amazing (and sometimes, jaw-dropping!), i will not look back in desire for the past but instead, forward in faith and excitement for the future. happy thanksgiving!