{the.wednesday.whistle}

dear Mikki and Katie…

this year i am thankful for: having our own yard, even though i have to mow it; i am thankful for the fact that you both like broccoli, and for broccoli itself; i am thankful for Dunkin Donuts coffee, as it has become a near necessity in my daily routine and i do swear that it does make me a better mother; i am thankful for Noggin; i am thankful that Daddy just ‘gets’ me, and doesn’t ask me to change, just to “calm down a bit”; i am thankful for interstate 95, and although i curse it, it does get me home faster to you girls; i am thankful for my mother…my sanity; i am thankful for you, Katie…thankful for your Katiness (now a word in the dictionary i am sure), even though you test my limits daily; i am thankful for the night your daddy and i turned off the tv, took our chairs and our blankets outside, and watched the beautiful night sky…i guess what i am really thankful for is that we still make time for each other; i am thankful for elephant sized tears easily kissed away by no one other than me; i am thankful for you, Mikki, and how soft and gentle and loving you are…i am pretty sure you are the next Mother Teresa; i am thankful for mega sales at the Gap, and finding a recipe that i love….and that you all love too; i am thankful for pretty dresses; i am thankful for my camera and my computer and my fluffy kitty that keeps me company when i sit at it late at night; i am thankful for the stones i have left unturned….i wasn’t ready to turn them and i am glad i didn’t; i am thankful for the color of your eyes…both blue but both different; i am thankful for playing in the sandbox, and even the grains that get brought into the house on the bottoms of our feet and shoes; i am thankful for people who know how to sing, and that those who can’t still sing anyway; i am thankful for the man in the produce section at Hannford who always tells me the ripeness of the fruits because i can never remember; i am thankful for my brides this year, and those next year…they are so amazing; i am thankful for the movie Goonies; i am thankful that some days pass slowly, and some fast; i am thankful for good books, with good words, and great magazines i can enjoy when i don’t have the time for a book; i am thankful for inspirations and even failures of inspirations; i am thankful for red lips and lip gloss, and our little house; i am thankful for my blackberry; i am thankful for the liquefy tool in photoshop when i take pictures of myself  {not a joke}; i am thankful for dress up clothes and make believe and the monster under my bed; and speaking of my bed, i am SO thankful for my bed {so, so thankful}…..i am thankful for beautiful photos….

i am thankful for you. you, YOU reading this. i am thankful that you are reading this and that you know  what i am the most thankful for are my two little girls.

all my love darlings,

mommy

P.S. OOOOHHHH, and i am thankful for this adorable song….its wonderful that someone has finally written my theme song….

P.P.S. daily mantra: “its not having what you want, it’s wanting what you’ve got” {sheryl.crow}