Thankfulness - WARNING - it's a long one!

With Thanksgiving coming up and my sister Facebooking that we need to post what we are thankful for, I thought maybe it was a good idea to get us all thinking about what really is important to us in life. Trust me I know what it's like to be constantly busy, never having enough time, being stressed and getting gray hair, and not stopping and thinking about all that is REALLY good in my life. Here's this edition of "What I am Thankful For" and hopefully it will insprire you to stop and be thankful for the little things in your life and not focusing on all the negative.

First of all - I am thankful that this picture has not ever been posted on the internet before this or put into one of those "take a look at these people" e-mails! No truthfully, I am thankful to have been raised in a family that cared about us and raised us to be productive and upstanding citizens. I certainly thought that some of the rules were dumb at the time, but now I see why those things needed to be done at the time (although I still disagree with a large amount of them). The world premiere of the Taggart family circa 1976!



Secondly I am thankful for my two sons. Although they have not really followed the "dream" that I had for them, I am thankful that they grew up to be who they are. We formed a large bond for the ten years that I was divorced and had an amazing time "having fun" with the three of us. I cherish those moments and glad that I was able to spend the amount of time with them that I did. Now it's time to boot their butts out of my house and send them off to live on their own!



Lastly, I am thankful for finding the perfect person to spend the rest of my life with! Although he wasn't my first pick, he was the most important pick. I couldn't have asked for a better partner. He makes me feel loved and special each day and I am so blessed to have found him. Some people questioned whether I should quit my "day" job and work with him full time at Pizza Zone. What a great decision that was. Together we have worked so hard, devoted every spare minute, and successfully have built our little pizza shop. Although we work our butts off, we are proud of what we have accomplished together.



I have so many other things to be thankful for, but you all are probably sleeping by now -- so we'll continue this discussion some other time. In the meantime, I am so thankful for all the things that have happened throughout my life to make me the person that I am today!