I can't believe I am actually up earlier than 7 a.m. and typing away at my blog on Thanksgiving Day. We can blame it on my dear (although that's not what I called him this morning) husband who awoke at 4:50 a.m. and couldn't fall back to sleep so thought neither should I. Today of all days I need sleep the most as tonight I tackle the big task of Black Friday shopping. I hate the crowds of people that start tonight and don't end until a week after Christmas when everyone has finally finished returning the gifts that didn't fit or that they didn't like. If I can get all the shopping done in one 24 hour time frame I know that I will be fine the rest of the holiday season. But it means braving many times rude, pushy, deal crazed people. (Ok....I am deal crazed but not pushy and rude.) Since we have no children of our own, why are we so crazed about getting a good deal? Because we had no children. To have to shop only one day of the entire season and most of the time there are no children out on these overnight adventures makes the season geared towards family and little kids still believing in Santa a little more bearable.
Thanksgiving is about being thankful for those things that the other 364 we often take for granted. While I can't be thankful for the infertility that we struggle with, I am thankful for the opportunities that talking about the infertility has helped us to have. I began this blog, I have begun researching and writing a book, I have had the opportunity to meet hundreds of others going through this same struggle, and I have even become a stronger person overall. It still hurts to see someone else getting pregnant when we struggle still but I know that this year I am in a better place mentally than I was even last year.
Today I am thankful for all those supporters and all of you who read this blog. It's not necessarily my typically long blog post, but I think I can sum it all up in this one statement. I am thankful for all the miracles in my life .
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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