"Mom, what are you thankful for?"
First and foremost, hearing those words come out of your mouth. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh it's that time of year, Thanksgiving is shockingly upon us. Time to take a moment (if you can find one) and reflect on all that we are thankful for. And just for the record, not a day goes by, not ONE DAY that I'm not thankful for the many many blessings I have. Even the days when my kids are driving me nuts and I want to kill my husband and I'm over-tired, over-worked, and under appreciated. Gosh, I am still thankful for every.single. second. I mean that. One of the lessons I work VERY hard to teach my children is, "Be thankful for what you have, not sad about what you don't have." You know, like when my 9 year old is complaining that we won't let him get a DS *I* instead of his plain, boring, pathetic regular DS . Let's be thankful that you HAVE a DS . That the DS even EXISTS, that in our house we have TWO DS's so you and your brother won't fight over them. That...