thankful...

I am thankful for the great friends, family, boyfriend, son, pets, and other things I have in life. Lately we have been through some changes in our lives that have made me think and made me really look at what is going on in this sometimes hectic thing I call life. William played t-ball for the first time and did an amazing job. He LOVED it. We had games and practice twice a week. He had fun playing with kids he went to school with and some he didn't. He got to play games against classmates and had a wonderful time learning about teamwork, sportsmanship, and most of all the game. I am thankful for his love of the game, his enthusiasm, and most of all his curiosity.

He finished pre-kindergarten this June and enjoyed a few final moments with some good friends and two amazing teachers who have given him some amazing skills. I am thankful for my sons growth and for all he's learned. I am thankful that he has a wonderful school. A small school that's got more of a community feeling than just a school you send your kid to for several hours a day. I can't believe that in just a few weeks my son will be in kindergarten and more than that will be on to a new adventure of making new friends, learning more, and most of all going to school in the morning instead of afternoons. That's going to be the toughest change for us.

We endured two hospitalizations of my mom (grandma) and it has been a difficult road. The first was for a minor issue, but it made a big impact and left her feeling very ill. What seemed to be food poisoning wasn't food poisoning and could have been avoided had other symptoms been present. It made mother's day even more special to have my mom home before and able to celebrate it as a family. This latest one.. still ongoing.. makes it even more real that my mom's health issues can turn insanely overwhelming in the blink of an eye. We have endured the scare of very low blood sugar levels to very high blood sugar levels.. to an er trip that showed sudden dangerous levels of potassium.. We endured the thought of kidney failure, dialysis, specialists and ICU. As of today we are thankful for the wonderful doctors, nurses, and health professionals who are taking care of her. Who have made her condition so much better. That have given my mom the word that her kidneys are in good health, that her potassium levels are down, that she would be moved out of ICU and into her own room. I am thankful that the doctors and specialists are taking a look at her medications and have taken her off two that may have interacted and helped this happen. Thankful that my son will now be able to visit her while she's there. Thankful that I will still have a mom and that they are doing everything they can to ensure that she is on the right medications for her conditions and will be coming home. Most of all I am thankful for my mom. I know William is thankful that he still has his grandma.

I am even thankful for the changes in my sons father that led to many calls and a trip to visit dad. I am thankful for the changes he made. The growth he's shown and hopefully it will continue.

Most of all I am thankful for those that are close to me to help me through these times. I just want to say thanks to everyone near and dear to me for everything they do.