10. The very thoughtful and caring school nurse who calls me every time my five-year-old's lunch mysteriously "disappears" before lunchtime (ie. he ate it on the bus on the way to school).
9. The great love that my children have for books, like their nerdy mother before them, even if it means calling their name a dozen times before they are able to tear their eyes away from whatever they are reading.
8. For the crazy, hilariously inspiring friends I've found this year.
7. For being able to convince my body that 13.1 miles is not only not an insane, unreachable distance to run- it's completely achievable, and makes me feel like I can do anything.
6. For really good running shoes and post-run brunch celebrations. And finish lines.
5. For the fact that no matter how tall my babies get, they can still fold themselves up small enough to fit completely on my lap when they or I need it.
4. For the way their hair smells when they are snuggled up.
3. For this amazing job that has, in the past year alone, taken me to Illinois, Texas, Pennsylvania, Florida, California and Tennessee.
2. For Starbucks soy lattes with cinnamon because, well, duh.
1. The sheer dumb, crazy, incredible, unbelievable good luck to have found the perfect man (at Starbucks, no less) and to have somehow managed to pull my silly, dorky self together long enough to make him fall in love with me. For that, I will always be eternally, unendingly and humbly thankful.
Happy Thanksgiving
