Giving Thanks

We Canadians are celebrating Thanksgiving this weekend

and last night my family got together for a turkey dinner at mom's.

We have a little tradition in our family that before we eat 

we go around the table and everyone talks about what they're most thankful for.

My mom and stepdad

Lace and nan

my soul sister and best friend of 25 years Rishell

her beautiful daughter Riley

and 2 new members to our table this year, my Russian tutor Anton and his wife Yulia

who were experiencing their first Thanksgiving.

Everyone had such heartfelt things to say

I don't think there was a dry eye at at the table by the time it was done.

We have so much to be thankful for,

most importantly

each other.

When I got home

I got to work on a little book that I'm making to take to LB when we go.

I can't take any credit for this idea,

I saw it on fellow adoptive mom Jill's blog 

and although I'd seen a few of them before

I thought she did an amazing job by doing the english and russian titles.

The first page is a picture of LB and it says,

"I am joining a family!"and this is beside it:

I've never called myself that before.

Mom.

So thankful to have been chosen for this little one

and thankful for the support of the people that sat around our table last night.

They hold me up

and their belief in me and my journey

keeps me going.

Happy Thanksgiving my friends