This is our last holiday apart.  Rob has a terrible cold and sounds like death warmed over.  I think the stress of the last few weeks is finally worn him down and now he will finally rest.  I’m run down as well but not like he is.  I just get to coach him over the phone about how important it is to THROW AWAY STUFF.  Yes, my future husband hoards things.  Ridiculous things.  Stamps.  Napkins.  Ball point pens.  Water bottles.  It makes me mental because I am not a keeper of STUFF.

But I digress.  Today is a day for being thankful and I am beyond thankful for the blessings of this year.  Baby Lars was born a week ago today.  Healthy and made a wonderful momma out of Monica.  I’ve been to the UK twice to see friends and travel.  I met the man I’m going to spend my life with.  I started a new job that I enjoy.  I have wonderful friends and a supportive, loving family.  I am a lucky girl. I have a dog who wakes me up when I’m trying to sleep in, who wags his tail ferociously when I’m walking up the front walk, who guards the porch from the UPS man.  I’m soon to have 2 cats, one who adores me, the other who tolerates me when he decides I’m worthy.

And I keep coming back to this wonderful man.   He listens when I’m frustrated.  He encourages me when I’m sad.  He helps me out of my moodiness and for some odd reason, doesn’t find this the least bit bothersome.  He supports me at my job.  He fights for me when I have no fight left.  He’s considerate of my feelings and I trust him implicitly.  I know he would never do anything to jeopardize what we have.  I couldn’t have dreamed of a better person to spend my life with.  He is my bookend and for that I am thankful beyond words.