balancing thankfulness
canadian thanksgiving. it’s still kind of a new thing for me. i’m used to a holiday dedicated to thankfulness in november not october. and thus far, this canadian thanksgiving is pretty different than the one i used to know. it’s spent with 2 instead of 20. it’s spent quiet instead of busy. it’s spent slurping soup instead of stuffing turkey. the hard part was that it makes me really really (really) miss some people in my life (but i guess that’s a good thing too). the easy part is that it’s an incredible 3 days of extra close connecting + sharing with my love. we cooked + baked + cleaned up together - we drank good coffee - we played mancala - we wrote letters - we cozied up on the couch with blankets in the middle of the day and read for hours - we went on long walks along the river talking and walking and watching and talking. we talked about our happiness tank level. we talked about family and seeing family. we talked about friends and seeing friends. we talked about the excitedness we feel for our friends having kids + how we feel about having kids + when we’ll want to have kids + all the things we think about when we think about having kids + in the end we felt thankful that we’re on the same page + that we know we’ll turn the page when it’s right for us + that ‘s a good thing for our future kidlets. (and that is one huge sentence). we talked about a trip we’re planning to take and things we need to do. we talked about a house we’re thinking to build. we talked about the amazing colours of the leaves. we talked about our souls. we talked about life. and then we walked the last few blocks with snowflakes falling - we climbed the flight of stairs - we walked into our warm cozy loft - we ate pomegranates, put a chicken in to roast, we made some fresh juice. we read emails from friends - we saw itineraries of family coming to visit - we gave each other a big hug and we felt incredibly lucky and so thankful.
so the moral of the story : i realized that it makes no difference if we’re in canada or the usa - it makes no difference if we are 2 or 20 - it makes no difference if the days are spent quiet or busy - it makes no difference if we’re slurping soup or stuffed with turkey. it made no difference because we ended those 3 days having thought about a lot of things and people we are thankful for and that right there is absolutely what it’s all about.
2 years ago