My dad, king of platitudes, always says, "the harder you work, the luckier you are". And so the luckier we are, the more we have to be thankful for...
My thankful list:
-DH (I can't begin to list the ways that man amazes me and makes me smile)
-The two growing kiddos inside me who don't go more than a few minutes w/o reminding me they are still in there and already fighting
-My dysfunctional family, in spite of all the dysfunction
-My sister for making it through chemo and proving people wrong
-My BIL for giving up his life and career in Dubai to return to India to be w/MIL after the sudden loss of FIL
-My niece for continuing to thrive after her craniosynostosis surgery
-That I had as much time as I did with my grandparents who we lost this year, and that my g-ma was able to meet the twins, if only via u/s pics.
-That this year, as tough as it has been in many ways, is infinitely better than last
-Our good health (my pesky cervix excluded)
-Our wonderful insurance (including the IF coverage that helped us conceive)
-Access to one of the best IVF clinics in the country (hello 65-76% pg rates for my cycles)
-Access to one of the best hospitals in the country (apparently more women choose to have their babies there than anywhere else)
-My awesome RE, OB and the MFMs who helped us make and save our babies
-My ability (though not the need) to leave my FT job and salary to help us get and stay pg
-DH's job (esp. his recent well-deserved promotion to firm Principal/raise) and side projects
-The strength we've both had to get through three yrs. of IF, endless surgeries, loss, and four months bed rest with our sanity, sense of humor, and love for each other still intact
-That we are both 100% content with our family and can finally move on with the next stages of our lives
-Our crazy house that after six years we are finally growing into like we planned
-All the people on this side of the world and the other praying for us and the babies...
Happy Thanksgiving! :)
My thankful list:
-DH (I can't begin to list the ways that man amazes me and makes me smile)
-The two growing kiddos inside me who don't go more than a few minutes w/o reminding me they are still in there and already fighting
-My dysfunctional family, in spite of all the dysfunction
-My sister for making it through chemo and proving people wrong
-My BIL for giving up his life and career in Dubai to return to India to be w/MIL after the sudden loss of FIL
-My niece for continuing to thrive after her craniosynostosis surgery
-That I had as much time as I did with my grandparents who we lost this year, and that my g-ma was able to meet the twins, if only via u/s pics.
-That this year, as tough as it has been in many ways, is infinitely better than last
-Our good health (my pesky cervix excluded)
-Our wonderful insurance (including the IF coverage that helped us conceive)
-Access to one of the best IVF clinics in the country (hello 65-76% pg rates for my cycles)
-Access to one of the best hospitals in the country (apparently more women choose to have their babies there than anywhere else)
-My awesome RE, OB and the MFMs who helped us make and save our babies
-My ability (though not the need) to leave my FT job and salary to help us get and stay pg
-DH's job (esp. his recent well-deserved promotion to firm Principal/raise) and side projects
-The strength we've both had to get through three yrs. of IF, endless surgeries, loss, and four months bed rest with our sanity, sense of humor, and love for each other still intact
-That we are both 100% content with our family and can finally move on with the next stages of our lives
-Our crazy house that after six years we are finally growing into like we planned
-All the people on this side of the world and the other praying for us and the babies...
Happy Thanksgiving! :)
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