The day before the first big holiday of the 2012 holiday season found me up at 5 am, leaving the house early to pick up my daughter in Boston and drive to NY. I picked her up at 9:30 am and was out of the city and headed west on the Mass Pike by 9:40. It was the quickest trip to NY I have ever taken – especially on the the day before a major holiday. We pulled into Albany at 12:05.
As we were unloading the car I got to thinking why it was such a quick trip. Then I realized that all the way we didn’t even listen to the music – we had it turned way down in the background, then finally off when my daughter’s boss called her – she was supposed to be working from home this morning – just so happened “home” was in motion. After she got off the phone we just continued talking, never turned the music back on and suddenly we were in Albany.
Last night my other daughter called me and talked to me for 45 minutes about her life situations. Tonight my husband and I went out to dinner and I filled him in on what I learned about both girls in the last 24 hours. And that is what I’m thankful for this year. That I COULD tell him what I know about their lives. That, and the fact that I could report that they each are on different life paths, but they are happy and passionate and filled with the energy twenty and thirty somethings should be filled with at that time of their lives.
My Boston daughter is staying with her sister and they are meeting college friends for the traditional night out. That is another thing I’m thankful for. The two of them just couldn’t wait to meet up and were off to manicures inside of thirty minutes of us arriving. They are best friends, just as my sister is my best friend. I’m glad my girls have each other and better yet, they are glad they do, too.
My husband and I are home now, after doing some errands, settling down to a pumpkin martini for dessert, and getting ready to watch the X Factor together. None of what made my heart sing today cost a great deal of money. It is all the result of years of hard work building a family. After all, isn’t that what this holiday is all about?
And so, as another day goes by, tomorrow we will enlarge our family to include my siblings and their families and my dad, we will share the traditional meal, raise a few glasses of wine, but today was about the four of us, and….I have written.
Our favorite family pic- we are a fun bunch!!! Lol!
You are a lucky girl. ENJOY!