Giving Thanks

I was nervous about this whole entire day.

Dan's coming to one of MY Thanksgiving dinners. oy. I had millions of thoughts... would Dan be comfortable? how would my family react? what's Danh going to say? will Danh be on his best behavior?

Deep down... I knew everything will be fine. But, there's always that 'what if...'

When Dan came into the house... I was a bit scared because Nga and Huong weren't home yet... and also Ba didn't do his usual small talk. He just told Dan to sit outside in the living room and there were newspapers there. 'oh no' were my first thoughts... Ba's giving Dan a bit of the "cold shoulder".

But slowly when everyone started to arrive... it became obvious that things were on the up side.

Dinner was a success. Family looked fine. Dan looked fine. "YES!"

I went over to my nephews to find out what they wanted for christmas and soon Dan joined me too. As soon as Nhat started talking with Dan ...and the kids were warming up to him. I just knew... good things can start happening. Of course I already knew this....but to see Dan with my nephews and neice. He was so incredibly awesome.

What am I giving thanks to for this year....

I'm thankful to have passed my licensing exam.
I'm thankful to God for having a wonderful family...even with all the headaches.
I'm thankful to have an understanding boyfriend who truly cares for me.
I'm thankful for all the friends that I have and I cherish all their friendships.
I'm thankful to God that I'm healthy...even though some days it seems like i'm falling apart.

Yeup. I'm blessed in many ways.


P.S. My brother still needs to grow up. Calm down. Stop being stubborn. Start listening. Try to understand. His actions were so disrespectful and out of line. I'm still very much shocked at him.