thankful thursday

i've been homesick more than usual this past week.

the fact that i've been pretty sick with a nasty cold probably doesn't help.

(doesn't everyone want their mommy when their sick?)

and i'd imagine being 7 months pregnant, feeling large and husband working lots of nights away

doesn't help either.

every time i pass my computer i want to skype with my family.

but i know they all have busy lives and can't sit and chat just whenever is convenient for me.

but when i get that short hour of their time, it means the world to me.

gives me a little fix a what it would feel like being home at that moment.

it's not like this extravagant event either.

it's simply sitting down with my mother while she asks how my week has been.

how potty training is going.

how our mississippi family is here.

and her concern for every little thing going on in our life.

or when my dad gets on and tells me how cold it is.

(only he could work in -10 degree weather)

and when he makes the silliest faces and sounds that make Layla laugh hysterically.

my parents are amazing.

i miss them so much and wish i would have cherished the 20 years that i lived close to them.

i am who i am today because of their example.

their courage.

their responsibility.

their integrity.

their compassion.

their faith.

and so much more.

i'm thankful for you mom and dad.