Today, I am thankful for my parents, sister, brother-in-law, nephews, niece, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins!! I love them all, and I love that most of them live close so we get to see them often. Lots of great memories, especially around the holidays!!
We're not perfect, but we love each other, and that usually makes up for everything else. When I am heartbroken and concerned about exhausting my friends, I know my Mom will listen gladly. I'm thankful that in the midst of all the suckiness, I feel closer to my immediate family than I have in a while this year. I'm thankful to have family and extended family who know and love the Lord. We have fun most of the time when we all hang out together, but we're there for each other through the hard stuff too.
Connection and Loyalty are high on my list of values. I tend to assume that they go together, but I've been wrong about that a time or two. I'm not sure I know how to express my thoughts here exactly, but having experienced both, I prefer loyalty without connection to connection without loyalty. I'm thankful that with my family, I usually have both! And even when we don't connect perfectly or aren't on the same page, I trust that they will love me and be there for me. And vice versa!
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