I know I'm a week behind Thanksgiving Day, but I just felt compelled to remind myself to be thankful. It seems silly that I would need a reminder, since this is the year I had my baby and I can't even begin to express how thankful I am for him. But this year has also been the most challenging and the past couple of weeks have been especially so.
Last night I visited my new baby niece in the hospital, an hour after she was born into this world. There she was with her little newborn limbs - stretching and shaking out her arms, legs, fingers and toes for the very first time. Oh how great that must feel after being curled up in utero for so many months! Hearing her cry and grunt as she fell in and out of slumber. Her newborn cries were thin and barely audible as the vibrations from her vocal cords hit the air for the first time - these cries will become more pronounced and demanding over time and they will be the cries that shatter you heart or exhaust you. It immediately took me back 10 months ago to the morning Samuel was born. I felt a warmth rise in my chest and this warmth helped me sleep restfully last night. And I'm thankful for little Lulu's reminder that we should live our lives as graciously as the day we entered it.
{via travel&leisure}
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