Family Bonding

Today I Am Grateful For~

• A nice family reunion-type gathering at Richard's Aunt's home in Carleton.
• The beautiful weather.
• Choosing to let Shaina's deviled eggs be the only dish we brought.
• Warm welcoming hugs.
• Bring-a-dish-to-pass gatherings and the delicious food that shows up!
• Getting access to a cottage on a lake for my week of solitude before school starts (thanks to Uncle Dave & Aunt Kaye!).
• Being ready for the first time in my life to have a week without other people around.
• The sleeping, reading, sunbathing, swimming and doing nothing that I anticipate.
• Talks of the family going in on property together up north to maintain our yearly Rondeau getaway.
• Going to the Wyandotte Art Fair w/ Richard last night.
• Asking for what I want and getting it.
• The many ways in which Richard is giving me what I want lately.
• Being mentioned in Michele's gratitude list :~)
• Hearing other parents at the family function today, saying that their teens were at home because they'd rather be playing their new video games and feeling proud that Shaina was with us because she would rather be with family.
• The ways in which our family has changed and the ways that it has stayed the same.
• You, Cuzz, You...

Love, Sharon