Thankful Thursday Returns

Although I've been remiss in doing my Thankful Thursday posts for a while. It is a necessity today!

After the past two days, I couldn't be more thankful to have an amazing partner in my life. Yes, I missed him and, yes, I would have survived if he had to be gone longer (I better get ready for October) but John being gone made me really think about all the little things that I love about sharing my life with him.

What I really wanted and needed yesterday morning was for someone else to look at Jeremiah's eye, but there wasn't anyone else. What I really wanted after he was diagnosed was to call John and tell him, but I knew he was busy with work and possibly unreachable. What I really wanted was to have my partner in life to share the basic aspects of the past few days with more than a short conversation on the phone. And, tonight I will. He's on a plane as I type.

With that, I want to say, especially today, that I am so grateful to all the family's that sacrifice their "wants" to serve this nation. To all the miliatary, firefighters, police, EMTs who make our lives safer, thank you to you and your families! I know that you often don't even get that short phone call. No, I don't understand what your life is like, but I do appreciate you.