Family and T-Day

You know, I don't know how many entries I'm going to write about this whole new experience of, well, pretty much trading in my old family for my New Family, minus Jeff, 'cause I'll never trade him in. But I want to say this: yes, I lost the people I normally spend Thanksgiving and other holidays with. And it hurts that I don't get to watch Jeff blow out the candles we usually light on the table for those kinds of things. Or hear him pray his standard, "Dear Jesus, please bless the food and thank you for this love, amen." I have tons of good memories, and know that if he gets the chance, he'll keep right on doing that. I love him so much. I kept a teddy-bear that has the "A B C" blocks sown to it that reminds me of him. I'm working toward getting to see him again, whatever that entails, which I'm not sure what that is.

But I have a whole community of people, mostly local, some far away, who I now think of as my immediate family. I'm spending Thanksgiving with Nolan and Andrea this year, and I am so happy about this! They are so good to me it makes me want to cry, but in a good way. I don't know if they would want me to tell all, but I can say this: they've done so much for me and given so much to me already, and I've only been here for 2 days. Loving lovely people. Completely sweet.

Whatever happens, I know I'm taken care of. Which is totally God's fault, of course ;) But it's also the "fault" of many people who've gotten to know me, who've taken good care of me and allowed me to have the means to take care of myself while I, well, take care of my future self, etc... I'm very, very thankful for my Family. I love you all.