So I'm sitting in an amazing retro chair in my room, catching up on some missed favorite tv shows, and enjoying leftover stuffing from tonight's Thanksgiving dinner while relishing in the events of the night. Tonight was our Thanksgiving dinner for our kids, teens, and their families. As the evening was nearing we were setting things up, assigning jobs to volunteers, and so much more. Families started arriving, people were talking, finding places to sit, it was a flutter of noise and excitement. As I was walking around making sure everything was going to be okay, I started hugging on kids and talking to families. My teens started to arrive and I got to hug on them and give them a hard time, then they were saving me a seat. As the night progressed and the more I got to play with the kids and hang out with the teens. Even as we were cleaning up and taking people home, one of the teen boys stuck around to help us. He was so willing to do whatever was needed, loaded and unloaded cars, cleaned, took trash out, he was so helpful! After all of his help without even being asked, I decided to treat him to a drink from Sonic, we stopped for gas on the way, and he pumped it for me, then hung out at the building while I finished up some things by myself. As I was driving home I was thinking back over the night, all the families, the kids, the teens, my adopted little brother, and I've decided I'm falling head over heals in love with them all and my life right now!!
And if life wasn't good enough due to the above, my family will be arriving in around 36 hours!! I am so pumped for Saturday night when they arrive, and the week I get to spend with them!!! But for now I'm heading to bed, still have a few more Thanksgiving events and outreaches over the next few days!!!
Muchos love!
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