Happy Thanksgiving!: What I'm Thankful for This Year?
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
2020 has been an interesting year, to say the least. I know many of us are not able to have Thanksgiving with our families, so I hope you are all able to make the best of it, and still at least enjoy some delicious food.
2020 has had its up and downs. Maybe more downs than ups, for some people unfortunately.
But it's Thanksgiving, and while I really do try to count my blessings throughout the year, this is the time of year that I really take the time to think about everything that is special in my life, things that I may sometimes take for granted, but should be extra thankful for.
My list might have some very obvious things, but here goes:
- My Family:
First and foremost, always, I am SO unbelievably thankful for my family. I have an amazing husband who is doing an absolutely amazing job being a daddy to our little guy; while also still paying his needy wife attention. I remind myself everyday how lucky I am.
I am also so extremely thankful that we got to add our little guy to our little family this year. I spent the first (almost) ten months of 2020 pregnant, and growing this awesome little human being inside me, and I am so incredibly grateful he came into the world a healthy little boy 💙.
Also very grateful for our pup, Roxy. She may be nine now, but she is such a joy, and doing so unbelievably great having a little brother now. We did not expect it to go this well!
2. I am thankful for how my pregnancy went:
While things got a bit rough at the very very end, I am so grateful I was able to carry my little guy to term. I was very lucky, in that I had a healthy pregnancy up until that very last minute. But our little guy grew very well the entire time, and it was the biggest relief when we got to hear his heart beat for the very first time on Valentine's Day (it was the best Valentine's Present!)
3. Having a home:
I have to remind myself that not everyone, unfortunately, has the luxury of having a roof their heads, let alone a place to call home. My husband and I moved at the beginning of the summer into, what will hopefully be our home for a good while. And we are very excited to finally be able to put down roots, because we've moved a couple of times now in our relationship and each time it was temporary. This is the first time we have a place we can make our very own, and we are really looking forward to doing so.
4. Having food on the table:
Truly thankful for this one. My husband and I have both lived through some tough times when we were kids, so we are both very thankful that we are able to feed ourselves, and our son (with his very expensive formula!)
5. Having health insurance!:
WOW, I can't tell you enough how amazing health insurance. Now, I'm not terribly thrilled with our health care system (especially at the moment), I can't tell you how grateful I am that my husband and I have health insurance! Without it, we wouldn't have been able to have a baby. I had to see so many specialists and have so many ultrasounds during my pregnancy, and while we had copays it was no where near what it would have cost without insurance. Not to mention my five day hospital stay on an IV, and my emergency c-section.
6. Being able to live in the home my dad put his heart and soul into:
This one sort of goes with #3, but its definitely still worth mentioning. My husband and I moved into the home that my dad built for his family. And this was his dream home. The home he put everything into. His heart and soul. And everyday I get to be reminded of my dad, even from the littlest things; and as hard as that is sometimes, it is still something I'm very thankful for. Especially, now that I have my son, because the hardest part of having him, was knowing my dad would never get to meet his grandson, which I know he was so excited about. But my dad is here with us, and now I get to share all the things that remind me of my dad with my son in the near future.
7. Being alive:
Last year during my miscarriage and this year during my birth were close calls for me. So I am extremely thankful to be alive, not only for myself, but for my husband and to be able to here right now and hopefully in the far far future with our son. 💖
and now to the more vane things... (Oh come on, we all have them!)
8. I'm thankful for getting to buy clothes from my favorite store:
I'm thankful that Torrid exists. And that because of Torrid exists I get to wear some really cute clothes. I did need to look like a frumpy plus size chick, I get to look hot for my husband, and feel cute when I go out.
9. My phone:
Oh how I love my iPhone XS Max! My husband surprised me with it two years when it came out, and I am still in love with it! It allows me to take as many photos as I want not just during all of our adventures these last two years (two Disney World trips, NYC, our road trip, Cleveland, and Hawaii), but also of our son. I get to capture every moment and I'm so looking forward to having those memories captured forever.
10. My new car:
My husband and I got to get a new car this year. I replaced my 2009 Nissan Rogue with our new family car and got a 2019 Buick Enclave. Once again, I got a red car; which seems to be a tradition in my family. My dad started it when he had a little red truck when we first moved to America. Then he got my mom a red mini van when I was in sixth grade. Then he got his first ever brand new truck when I was in 8th grade, and that was also red. Then I got my Red Nissan in 2016. And then in early September my husband and I found the perfect family car for us! And it was on sale!!
11. Making sure our son has everything he needs and more:
When my husband and I started talking about having a baby, we both agreed we wanted to be able to afford having one. So we waited a couple of years longer, and when we thought we could do it, we started trying. We are very fortunate, and we know that!, that we have gotten to get him everything he not only needs, but also fun things that you normally wouldn't need; but we just wanted to get him.
I really do know how lucky I am, and I count my blessings every year. My husband and I were put through the ringer the first four years of our marriage, and 2020 was a turning point for us. It was what we have been working for all along, so we are very grateful that we finally get the opportunity to focus on us and our family. 💖
The Romance Bookie :)
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