Days of Gratitude

We had originally planned to go to Disneyland for Thanksgiving this year, but we decided not to for various reasons. Instead, we spent a lovely holiday at home. I cooked dinner -- or feast as Ethan calls it -- for the first time in years, I enjoyed my time back in the kitchen. I was seduced into the world of the turkey brine, and actually it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. When I heard someone else I know (who really is incompetent at life) does it, I knew I could do it too. And guess what? I could! Look at how beautiful my turkey was


Thanksgiving -- which lasted for several days -- was a great time filled with family and friends and lots of cooking and eating. Pretty much, the perfect time. Even Ethan enjoyed "the feast"


Of course, our days have been filled with gratitude. This is the spirit of the season, after all. I don't know if I could even begin to adequately express all that I am grateful for lately. To do so would seem almost trite. Above all else, lately, I am grateful for being a mother. Being a mother is all I have ever wanted to be, and I think that encapsulates all that I could ever be grateful for this Thanksgiving season. It purely captures everything I am feeling at this moment.