thankful.

here are some pictures from brian's show, jimmy, random chinese man in the park in chinatown, and the kids are our friends ruth and blake's twins isaiah and leorah...

i am thankful. for my husband and our gift of a companionship and marriage. for our friends and family and little new jersey apartment. for my breath and life and gifts and dreams and failures (though those are sometimes the hardest to see the silver lining in, right?...)

millions live on less than a dollar a day. and millions more on only $2. women and girls all over the world have no opportunity of education, and here i am with an education, and on top of that a job and health and love and life...and i am remembering to be thankful, which i want to remember with more intimacy, depth and frequency.

on another note, i asked my kids today to name the things they are most thankful for. here's what they said:

leila - "my family", samantha -" my teacher, family and house", willem- "pumpkin pie", sophia - "room and bed", matthew-"closing my eyes at night-time", alex -'knights with swords and superman", brayden- "chicken nuggets and bunk beds". priceless.