13 more hours to go

it's christmas eve, and i am at work.

the phones are not ringing. people do not want to be here, and to be quite honest, it makes sense. no one wants to be in an office while their families are at home watching awesome marathons: CSI, law and order, brady bunch, christmas movies, and the list goes on. i hate the feeling of knowing that your counterpart (i.e. spouse/family) is without you. knowing that nathan is at home, with the pup, in our warm cozy house is just to much to bare as i sit here at my computer.

however, i am more than grateful that i have a job, and a job that i am becoming good at. a job with good people and a job i shouldn't have gotten. i am so blessed that the puzzle pieces were put together, and that everything fell into place, so that i may have this job.

especially now.

everywhere you turn, people are closing their doors, going out of business, unable to make payments, and it is devastating. heartbreaking. this is the time of giving and loving, and i hope we all do a little more loving than getting this year. a little more faith and a little less selfishness. more hope and less heartbreak. i hope we can all keep in our minds the faces and the people that we are thankful for, and cant imagine our lives without them.

when i think of people, at least 5 faces come to mind- i hope that is what happens with you as well. i hope you find more. i hope your faces are in the double digits. i hope that you rack your brain all day thinking about who you cant imagine your life without, it is such a great feeling.

on another note-

with it being christmas eve and all, i just wanted to say thank you. thank you for reading my blog. thank you for thinking that these muddled words make sense to you and you get something out of reading this. thank you for caring about my life enough to not only read it, but comment on it. i am humbled by your interest in our lives, and i wanted to let you know how great you all are.

lastly, there are so many people and things we are thankful for, we cant name them all, but if we know you, hang out with you, get our hair done by you, are related to you, love you, get tattooed by you, go to church with you...we are thankful for you. more than you know.

merry christmas everyone. we hope that yours is as bright and wonderful as it should be.