This evening I would like to thank my good friends for coming over for dinner. I always enjoy having company over and they always make me feel like I'm doing a good job hosting. Our children play nicely (enough) and our discipline styles are similar to one another's, so we handle toddler conflicts more-or-less the same way. They also bought us dessert which is always a great thing in my book. Weight watchers may not have been a fan over my choice, but I'll work to get it off!
Another thing I'm grateful for is my sister-in-law Meg. Not knowingly, she has created an outlet for Ellie's sleep companion problem. You see, up until tonight, I've had to basically fall asleep with her every night in order for her to go to bed, and thats only AFTER we've read for over 20-30 minutes of stories. We've been working on cutting the stories down, and we're down to about 10 minutes, and I, personally, am okay with that. In any case, Ellie found the christmas gift that Meg had made her. Its a super cute, home-made stuffed owl. Ellie goes through phases of losing and finding toys, which means she "gifts" herself the same toys over and over again. Well, she decided that tonight this owl would be her sleep companion. Now, it did take a little coaxing on my part. But I gave her and her owl a kiss good night and haven't heard a peep from her since. That was over an hour ago. So, thank you Meg for the wondeful gift! Here's hoping it lasts as long as she does!
I think that will about do it for tonight. Again, I'm very tired and having had all my energy drained from me today without any apparent reason, it was much easier to thank the external things in my life rather than the deeper spiritual and emotional occurances.
"Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone." -- G.B. Stern
Good night.
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