We have a tradition, the day after Gobble Gobble day, as I call it, we got out and get our tree. I did tell you, I'm overly obsessed with Christmas and Moi joins in with me on the craziness and so will Eli :)
Well as we were picking out the biggest tree we could possibly fit on our car, we came across a man. Who by the way was such a nice guy. He was one of those people that are genuinely nice. I just sensed it from him. And the weird part was his name was Moises as well. I have really only come across a few Moises'. We just chatted with him as he was trimming up our tree. And of course having Eli, we always get the, "how old is he," question. He had a lil' ten month old baby girl. And then we got to talking about family. He mentioned how he just lost his house and is living with his sister in their guest house with his wife and three daughters. He had a business that went under, losing his truck and his house. And right now he was taking on this job as a tree trimmer to help with some money intake. He also was a truck driver, but that wasn't enough as an income for his family.
And here we were buying a ridiculously high priced, over priced tree.
Here we were as a family, enjoying the holiday weekend,
while he was working his butt off, straining his back,
loading up Christmas trees.
As we were driving home, we both realized we really are blessed. Even with Moi's crazy schedule he can take time off. He can stay home on the holidays and not have to worry about how we are gonna manage to pay the bills. We can afford to buy a ginormous tree, but mostly we can give Eli everything we didn't have. Don't get me wrong, Moi works his butt off. He is the hardest working person I have ever come across, and that's not cuz he's my hubby. But we have options. We aren't stuck. If Moi were to lose a job, he can get a new one that same day. Our struggles are how long it's gonna take to pay off our car. Or when can we sell our house so we can start looking for a new one. But really, we need to look at it as, man we got a "new 2011" car, we actually live and own a home. And with all my complaining of Moi and his jobs, I shouldn't be. Cuz those are what give us our netting. It lets us not have to worry about job security.
And then there's family. Family really is "IT!"
With all the money in the world, you can't replace family. Moi's friend just lost his mother. Can you imagine losing your mother right before Christmas?
And then my momma goose. She is such a trooper. She managed to make our turkey and stuffing with pneumonia. Yup, you heard me right. She wasn't supposed too, my sister was going to, but my stubborn madre took over. The night of Thanksgiving she was admitted to the hospital. Poor thing. I missed her so much the day of Thanksgiving. Especially since it was Eli's first. But, I'm so grateful for her and her recovery. I don't look at it as, why did my mom get this AGAIN, or why wasn't she able to attend Eli's first Thanksgiving, but more as I'm so thankful it didn't worsen. Eli will have many more, and I'd rather have her there for all the ones to come than just this one. Life throws you crazy curve balls, it's just how hard you hit them that determines if you go to first base compared to home plate. I hit them so hard I hit a home run :) I never run out of breath. I can't! I never will cuz I'm continuously blessed with all the strikes I get. The strikes in my life just teach me that life isn't perfect, but I learn, examine, and observe them for the next time I'm up to bat.
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