For my grandma

My grandmother is extremely important to me. She raised me from when I was a young child..and now she is there for me whenever I need her. I still sometimes get a little sad that I no longer live in her house. It's just a security/comfort thing. Don't get me wrong though. I love where we live now and it definitely has formed into our home. I really appreciate my grandma. And as I grow into my own person day by day and as she grows older as well, I really want her to know what exactly I am thankful for.

Grandma, I am thankful that even though you weren't exactly ready to take me in and raise me, you did. I'm thankful that you would rock me in your rocking chair when I was sick. I had many ear infections that kept me up late at night, and even if you had to work early the next morning you did whatever you could to try to make me comfortable.Even if that meant bringing me to work and me sleeping in Dr. R's chair. I'm thankful for you rescuing me from bad situations and even driving hours if it meant I would then be safe with you. I'm thankful for the fact that you took me on many different adventures and even if I hated some of them, they are now memories I will always have of you. I am thankful that anytime I wasn't at home you were a phone call away. Thank you for August. I loved her. Thank you for the swing set in your backyard. Thank you for your garden. Thank you for the beach. Thank you for the flowers you used to have in the front of your house. Thank you for the piano. Thank you for helping clean up the chalk filled kittens. Thank you for all the cupcakes and ice cream cakes for every birthday I had growing up. Thank you for the furby. Thank you for letting me use the red paint in the driveway. Thank you for playing frisbee with me. Thank you for the walks to the end of your block to look at the moon over the lake. Thanks for all the all trips that always ended up with us fighting. I could go on.

Thank you now for being a awesome great grandmother to my own children. Thank you for doing lots of the things with them that you did with me growing up. Thank you for all the favors you do for us and always being just phone call and short drive away. I'm happy that I can count on you and I appreciate absolutely everything. Thank you for being my rock, being strong for me when I wasn't sure I had it in me. Thank you for holding me as I cried because I wanted things to be different all through the years. Even if things weren't always ideal and I had hard time accepting reality at time thanks for helping me through it and building me up to the woman I am today.

I know I haven't been on here lately. But, I have been crazy busy lately. I have so much going on right now and I am trying to get organized and make sure everyone here is happy. And that may seem simple but, it really isn't. I have been busy with school..luckily for the rest of this class I will not have homework. Just a final exam that's due the day after my birthday. I plan on finishing that before my birthday.. that way I have a reason to go out and celebrate..other than it being my birthday. I start a new job this week. I am super excited about that but I am not exactly sure how getting my kids up and out the door by 5am is going to go :/
I guess it will all play out but trying to get all my ducks in a row has been slightly stressful. So I decided to take a break from this and focus on all of that. Soon I will be posting a "whats for dinner" I keep sending the pictures to my email and that's not seeming to work like it normally does so.. be patient it's coming :)