Take A Minute

Posted by fheenix33 on November 25, 2009

As I sit here and type this I’m still in a tiny bit of shock that tomorrow is Thanksgiving.  It seems like yesterday we were outside digging up the garden for late Spring planting and getting the outside ready for Summer.  My flowers had started peeking through the damp ground and the leaves on the trees were bursting with bright shades of green.  Now, the trees are bare, tomorrow is Thanksgiving and a month from today it will be Christmas.

This year we’ll be celebrating Thanksgiving with “sistacuzz” and her beautiful family.  It will be a small crowd of about 8.  I am truly blessed to be able to share my Thanksgiving with such wonderful people who, over the years, have become my family.  Through the years we have shared some amazing moments, been through rocky times when life has thrown us curve balls and been there to support each other when life has gotten a little too loud.  I am thankful that they welcomed me into their life.

Thanksgiving  is a time where I reflect on the many blessings in my life.  It’s so easy to get caught up in the stresses, the rush and the daily routines of life.  Sometimes I forget to take a few steps back, breathe and take a good look at all the good things.  This year has been a whirlwind of unexpected changes, especially the past few months.  Last year I never thought that a year from then I would be tackling renovations, a  new home owner, and moving.

Today and tomorrow we are taking a break from renovations and the exhausting task of moving our belongings from this house to the other one.  It’s our time to take those few steps back, breathe easy, reflect and let the dust settle from the usual, everyday routine.  Although the house is a mess from packing and boxes and totes are scattered in the rooms downstairs, it still somewhat resembles what our home used to look like.   The Christmas tree is lit and I’ve got my favorite music playing.  I have my huge cup of spicy black chai tea sitting beside me.  Life is good.  And, for so many reasons, I am blessed.

Most of you are probably rushing around trying to get last minute Thanksgiving preparations done.  If you’re hosting this year’s Thanksgiving dinner I’m sure you’re feeling a bit of stress.  Or, maybe,  you realized you forgot a key ingredient to one of your Thanksgiving recipes and getting a root canal sounds more appealing than rushing to the store.  It happens to all of us, however, step back, take a deep breath in and slowly exhale.  Take a minute.  Take a look around.  There are a lot of things to be thankful for.

And with that, from all of us here at DealTaker, we want to wish you and your family a warm and happy Thanksgiving.