This Thanksgiving

I am grateful for my mom and my dad who are the sweetest, most caring and giving adults I've known in my life.

I am grateful for my little sister who is funny and smart and inspires me every day but also fills my heart with heaps of joy.

I am grateful for my American family who always remind me that home is not a place. Home is people that care.

I am grateful for friends: here, there, everywhere. Old and new. I am always amazed at how generous and gracious y'all are and how much easier the rough times are when you are around.

I am grateful for technology that helps us all stay in touch even thought we are thousands of miles apart.

I am grateful for this little life we are living: Midtown, our feather bed, our jobs, our cute house, our pots of herbs, our record player, the old film cameras we purchase on Ebay and the produce section at the local Kroger, my Borders discount card. For the first time in a long time I feel like I live HERE. This is where we are AT.

I am grateful for a wonderful Thankgiving day with Dr. J's family who are the most welcoming bunch you'll ever meet.

I am grateful for Dr. J sharing her Memphis with us.

I am grateful for finding a great recipe and making coconut-and-oats macaroons that might have just become my favorite dessert.



But most of all, I am grateful for my husband who not only had the brilliant idea to dip the macaroons in melted chocolate but also makes me feel like I am the luckiest girl in the world. EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

Much love to you all!