Warm and Fuzzy!

This Christmas season could be more aptly titled Thanksgiving for me.  I know, I know Thanksgiving is part of the Holiday season but Thanksgiving seemed somewhat detached from the rest of it all, because Christmas was so incredibly cool.  I had a chance to not only spend quality time with my two wonderful children and outstanding wife but I also was able to see people that have touched every single aspect of my life from childhood, to high school to college and beyond.  I am so very thankful to have seen all of them and to be able to spend time with them.

We shared stories of family, tragedy, comedy and drama.  Cancer survival, parental illnesses and parental deaths, adopted children, the things that our kids do that drive us crazy, the things that our spouses do that drive us crazy and the thing that kept us all from losing our minds was finding the humor in all of it.  I don't remember a Christmas season in which I found so much light and I don't mean the LED's hanging from eavestroughs I mean the light in my friend's and familie's eyes.  There was truly a feeling of hope and goodwill amongst all that I encountered, some traveled from very far and some from right around the corner but we all found the common ground of reminiscence and laughter. 

When the clock struck 12 on New Year's Eve... I suddenly had that stupid "I turn 40 this year!!!!" moment. and then I thought of all of the stories, laughs and moments shared in the past week and I felt good when I gave my wife that New Year's kiss because I knew that I was a rich man because of the roof over my head, the woman by my side, the kids on the other and all of the great friends I have. Thanks for the great Thanksgiving family and friends, that being said my next blog post could be an angry rant about dieting but enjoy this warm and fuzzy!!!!