Happy Thanks-Giving! Giving Thanks.

So as the Thanks-Giving weekend is coming up I can't help but be thankful for all the wonderful people in my life.
My little family of 5 is planning on spending with my side of the family, the original plan was to spend it with my husbands family but being my mother-in-law understands that this might be the last time my family gets to be together for Thanksgiving.
I like always look forward to family get togethers and can't remember a time when i did not, even the time we had hot dogs instead of the normal turkey and fixings. lol
I can only hope that when my kids grow into adults they too will enjoy their family time as much as I do.
Which brings me to something I was thinking about last night, children learn what they are shown in life, it as a mother have come to realized if you teach your child the values which you feel are important to you then you succeed as a mother, I know i was raised to know the values of life and for that I am grateful to my whole family, with out them i would not be who I am today.
My mom and dad were not the only people who played a huge role in my life, my sister Lena was and still is always there, we have grown together even though we are 7 years apart, we started being mommies around the same time and i found it almost out of place when i had went to her for so much advice growing up that when I had my son she came to me for advice because i had 6 months of raising a baby before she did, but i enjoyed it *wink*.
We live 4 hr drive apart and even if we have to talk on the phone everyday seems like we never ever have nothing to talk about, how does that happen that we could be so close even if growing up 7 years apart? I do have 2 other sisters and I don't have the same relationship as Lena and I do. don't get me wrong I love them because i was shown to never turn your back on your family but the closeness i share with them is not as deep as it is with Lena.
So I am giving thanks for the closeness my family shares and how we are always there for each other.
                                     HAPPY THANKS GIVING EVERYONE!
may your soul be happy, and my your belly be full.