YOU ALSO HAVE A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING!!!!

I am thankful for my health, my job, my house.

I am thankful to have clothes on my back and food in my belly.

Even though my brother died earlier this year I am thankful for my mom and the rest of my sibs.

I am thankful that I have such a wonderful husband who puts me first and tells me each and every day how important I am to him.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

1. my beautiful daughter, who is still a major PITA, but she's a good kid to the core.

2. my outstanding, supportive, generous, loving parents.

3. my beautiful niece, whom I love as if she were my own.

4. my health, safety, job, education, and basic needs.

5. my handsome husband, his new better paying job, his health, and the hope I have in him that he sees the light one day.

6. the wonderful people on this site who have given me advice, support, or who have made me laugh on the worst of my worst days.

7. a stress-free holiday season.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!

I am sooooo very thankful for my hubby! I absolutely love the man to bits and feel like the luckiest woman in the world to have him.

I am thankful for my two beautiful neices whom I love as my own,

For my sister (bless her heart, she is working so hard to loose weight, in 3 months she has worked off 58 pounds!)

I am thankful for my brothers, BOTH of their wives are pregnant! One brother will be a first time daddy and the other is an old pro, this is his second baby!

I am thankful for my mom and dad, they are the best, I am very lucky for the parents I got.

I am thankful for my job, dh's job, cars that run, a roof over our heads, food in our tummy's, etc.

Most of all I am thankful for and to our loving wonderful God.

My children. I know it sounds corny, but they really are the loves of my life and as irritating and as annoying and as frustrating as they can be when they decide to "turn it on," I wouldn't trade them for ANYTHING. This includes my stepchildren. It hasn't always been easy. Sometimes it's been sheer hell. But I would do it again and I am glad they are in my life. I'm also thankful that their mom's cancer scare last year turned out not to be life-threatening.

My husband. We have our ups and downs, but he's a good man, an involved father and a loving husband. Most of the time. Oh, and he has a nice butt.

DH's new job. It allowed for us to move from Connecticut, the most expensive state in the nation, to Texas, where we just bought our FIRST house together. I'm 37 years old and for the first time since having children, I don't have to share a bathroom with them. Hallelujah!

A certain Texas judge. She issued a restraining order protecting Madison. I'm glad that things are looking up for this family.

My family. I'm thankful that I have such a great extended family. For my side, even if they treat me like crap sometimes, they are always good to my kids. I'm thankful for my granny, who is probably going to outlive us all. I'm thankful especially for my mom-in-law, who has been more like a mother to me than my own mother for many years now. I'm thankful that my sister has built a nice life for herself and can visit us for Thanksgiving. (I'll be even more thankful if her dogs don't tear up my new back yard and don't eat all my sprinkler heads while they are here.) I'm thankful that my leech of a sister-in-law lives very far away. I'm thankful that my brother found someone to marry him. Maybe now he won't be such a thorn in my parents' sides.

Last, but definitely not least, I am thankful for my friends, especially the cyber ones. (You know who you are!) When the flesh-and-blood "friends" are too busy, don't want to hear it, have other things to do, don't understand, can't relate, etc., you guys are the ones who pull me back from the edge. Thank you, girls! I love you all!

I'm thankful for StepTalk, which didn't just give me a place to vent about my experiences as a stepmother, but which also introduced me to a great bunch of people and gave me the experience of feeling "connected" to something bigger than myself.

~ Anne ~

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I'm thankful for:

My loving, supportive parents, and my awesome brother...

My wonderful in-laws...

For my s-kids, and that the oldest continues to receive green flags during her pregnancy, and that I'll have a healthy grand-daughter next year...

For my wonderful, loving husband who is a great dad and supports me in every way possible...

That the ex is FINALLY leaving us alone for longer and longer periods...

For my health, job, home, dog, cats, food in the fridge, STEPTALK and all that other stuff

Okay, my turn...

First and foremost my children. My oldest son who drives me absolutely crazy but has such a good heart in the end. My youngest son who gets along with anyone and has no judgement, he'll love you no matter what. Oldest SD who is my mini-me, immitation really is the finest form of flattery. Middle SD who I always joke around and say is "my favorite" because she just wants to please and she really does. My little sassy youngest SD. I adore the little fireball, she won't take crap from any of her siblings.

My husband. I am so thankful. For loving me just that much.

My mom. She is my therapist who never disagrees.

My dad. Doctor's have given him two years to live and he's still here, and I'm thankful for that. I've accepted that he's trying in his own way.

My best friend. She lives on the other side of the country but never is too busy. And for her daughter (my goddaughter) that I have the everlasting privilege of spoiling the rest of her life.

My job, my bosses, my second family. They've allowed me to be late, leave early, and extend deadlines a hundred times over. Who can schedule dr. appt's and court hearings on the weekend?

Even BM. For making me learn how to be a bigger person over and over again. I am learning patience and acceptance on a level I never thought possible in myself.

And I saved the best for last. My Steptalk girls. My sanctuary. My refuge. All of you are my daily dose of empathy. So many of you have so many different qualities that make you fabulous. You make me laugh at times when I don't think laughter is possible. I will attest that you all have single handedly returned me to my sanity. You have injected my life with hope and I will forever be thankful for that.

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...It's about learning to dance in the rain."

I'm thankful for the things we want that we get and for the things we don't want that we don't get.

I'm thankful for the challenges step-parenting has given me. I've grown in exponential ways that would NEVER had occurred without those boys in my life.

I'm thankful that I can walk, talk, and feed myself...and that my dear DH can do that now. I am so thankful for that. He is my hero.

I'm thankful that I have this site to go to, which helps me to keep my issues in perspective and reminds me that it could be worse, it could be better. Regardless I'm not alone and that is a huge blessing.

Tomorrow my twin turns 49...I guess that means I do, too. So I'm thankful for 49 years of loving and being loved.

I am thankful for my daughter, the absolute love of my life, she is special, independent, and determined to help me BIG TIME once the twins arrive!

My twins on the way, they are healthy, growing well, and so far, not causing me too much discomfort! They are little reminders of the miracles we get to experience in life, and will forever stand for the love between myself and my hubby.

My hubby! He is the sweetest, not always the smartest, but most caring, unselfish man I have ever known. He always puts me and the kids first, never complains, such a trooper.

My hubby's new job. Now we can afford the twins, health coverage too!

My skids, yes, they drive me crazy, but they bring so much joy to my daughter's life, I am thrilled she now has a brother and a sister!

My job, to the greatest boss in the world, who has made me a happy "work at home" mom, the whole reason I can even have babies right now.

And to StepTalk! In the short time I have been a member, I have come to feel so much less alone, and VALIDATED! I feel my feelings are important, and rational. Thanks to all who have listened to me when I am down!

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO BE THANKFUL FOR ....
IS THAT I HAVE THREE GREAT KIDS WELL,NOT ANYMORE KIDS ....AND THAT THEY TURN OUT TO BE RESPECTFUL AND LOVING KIDS....I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS THAT GRAUATED FROM COLLEGE AND MY YOUNGEST IS 18 AND HE'LL BE LEAVING THE NEST SOON....I NEVER FINSIH SCHOOL..BUT IM WORKING ON THAT AT THE AGE OF 44..BUT THAT I DID MY JOB AS A PARENT..THE ODDS WERE ANUGIST US....BUT EVERYDAY IM THANKFUL FOR THAT ALONE....ITS A LONG STROY.....BUT ANOTHER DAY LETS ALL BE THANKFUL EVERYDAY.....