Giving Thanks
There isn’t any season quite like this one. It’s dark by 4:30, it’s bleak and cold outside, yet lightness and warmth envelope us inside. As we prepare gifts for those little children closest to us, we also take time to recognize the gifts we’ve received. This year has brought many:
- A devoted and loving grandmother willing to spend 3 months with Chiara so I could finish my degree (and come back for two weeks in the fall while we traveled to Ireland!)
- A wonderful two weeks with Tom in Ireland
- Talented physicians and Gleevec and the good news of a cytogenetic response
- A beautiful, happy little girl
- A bright “big” girl with plans for college.
If that weren’t enough, we were blessed with a visit from my family for Thanksgiving. A weekend filled with joyous traditions and activities (including gingerbread house making and cyclocross)…
We’ve been given so many gifts! Thank you to everyone who has shared with us this year!