I've written about the 29 Gifts giving challenge and book, and what an amazing wonderful experience it is. Today I'm beginning it again, along with 29 days of gratitude. This seems like a perfect season for a focus on thankfulness. So each day I will write about my gift to give and my gift of thanksgiving.
Day 1: Today I woke up so thankful for my children, for everything they have taught me and the way they love me no matter what happens in our lives. I told my childbirth class on Monday evening, "Don't let the stereotype scare you - teenagers are WONDERFUL." They may not be cute and cuddly in the same way that newborns are, but they are such good listeners. And they can make you laugh and teach you so much about being silly and being in the moment. I am so grateful to be right where I am right now, a mom of two sleeping-in-late, fingernail polish and boy obsessed, sass-talking girls.
My gift for today - letting these two lovely sleep in on their day-before-Thanksgiving day off and trusting them to make the pies for tomorrow's celebration - chocolate pecan and Elvis, all by themselves. Yum.
I'm also mailing off, with lots of love, a little baby hat for one of my sweet doula mama's second baby. I wish I could hug her in person.
Here's what the hat looks like:
Only the color is a soft cream, like French vanilla ice cream. I hope it keeps little Celeste nice and toasty warm.
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