I will admit that I struggled with feeling blue today off and on.  We’ve lived 700 miles from our family for almost 10 years, but it doesn’t get any easier to be alone on holidays.  Commercials showing bulging families laughing and loving don’t do much to help my self-pity either.  But, then I am reminded by the Spirit how very, very  much I have to be thankful for and how blessed my life is.   The weather today in Kansas was unbelievable and I decided I would round up my three biggest blessings and make them let me take their pictures.  Janelle protested, “but we haven’t changed since last year!”    She’s pretty accurate, but I was itching to shoot pictures and I wanted to force them to have some fun together.  My great idea was to head to the playground.  I’m so glad we did that.  It got us laughing together and I could faintly see my three little babies running around; the only difference this time was that when I said “time to go home”, no one protested like they did when they were little!  I am a very, very blessed and thankful woman.  I hope that you were reminded today of all you have to be thankful for too.

So, I’m trying to get a picture of them swinging and Dad decides to get in on it!