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Dear Children, you only had two and a half days of school this week, got to eat yummy food and play with cousins, your favorite. Dear Hailey, you had a great family party for your birthday followed by a little party with some friends at our house. We had a nice fire going in the back and roasted hot dogs and marshmallows. A week later the same friends showed up early morning to kidnap you to breakfast at Denny's. You have nice friends. And I overheard one of them say that you have cool parents. I think they are right about that. Dear Refrigerator/Freezer, you decided to die on a Sunday and we lost so much food. After a lot of searching we now have a new one with a lot less food in it. The kids don't believe me when I tell them that is their Christmas gift... Dear Oven, perfect timing to stop heating well is the day before Thanksgiving when I am trying to bake pies and pumpkin bread. Please don't die completely yet. Dear Thanksgiving, Will worked late the night before and early the morning after, but we still traveled to Mesa to be with family. We didn't get much sleep, but it was well worth it because it was a great day. The kids had so much fun being with cousins and it was nice to be able to visit. Dear Ice Cream, we had a good friendship for a whole month. I was surprised because I haven't even liked you for years. The love may be over now because you sound pretty gross. Dear Keys, (someone) left my keys at the post office over the weekend. Thank you to the kind soul who put them in the drop box and called the post office and left a message to let them know they were there. I was surprised when I stopped by to look for them and they had 5 other sets of keys also. Dear Will, you make me laugh. I am super grateful for that because when life feels really hard we can still laugh. Also you rub my shoulders when I have a headache and you do a lot of dishes. I think I will keep you around;) Dear Self, I won't ever skip over Thanks giving, it is such an important reminder even/especially when you have "less" than others or less than what you wish for. Love that gratitude makes what you have more than enough.
