November 23

Tonight I am grateful for friends and playdates, for company on a snowy Saturday, for the wonderful refreshment of a really cold day.  I am grateful for the creativity of a good museum exhibit, for my kids, pretending and playing together, for their joy in all the moments of the day.  I am grateful for afternoon movies and kids snuggled on a couch and a few stolen moments to make the downstairs rooms sparkle.  I am grateful for the fact that most nights, I am looking forward to my husband's return home, right about now.  Absence certainly does make the heart grown fonder and I am grateful to be missing him only for a few more days.