Family

So today is the perfect day to be thankful for my family :-) It is the most popular answer, isn't it? I asked my cousin Nicole today what she was thankful for, and she definitely said her family-but in all fairness, I'm pretty sure she also said "everything" haha. I definitely understand her on that one!

Today, I got to talk to almost everyone in my family-but my immediate family, meaning my mom, dad and brother, I did get to talk to. By the time I got to talk to them, it was at least 10:30 here. Right now I'm exhausted, but I assure you I was no less exhausted when I talked to them an hour ago! But I am so thankful that I got to talk to them. Perhaps technology would be a better thing (is better actually the word I'm looking for here? maybe just more appropriate...) to be thankful for, since I wouldn't have been able to talk to them if the technology didn't exist.

Anyway, my family has definitely had its fair share of ups and downs. But I am thankful for all of them and that I had my family to go through them with. It wasn't always easy for any of us, but if it hadn't been what it was, I wouldn't be who I am, and I'm definitely thankful for that-most of the time :-)

I am also so thankful for how supportive my family is of every little crazy thing I want to do. When I wanted to go away for college, they supported me and helped me make it happen. When I wanted to move away from them to teach in Philly, they supported me and believed in me and were there to answer my phone calls when I called home crying after a rough day. And when I decided to follow God's call and pack up and move to the Czech Republic, they supported me then, too. And even now, when they don't necessarily like that I'm gone, they still support me and I am so thankful for that!