Happy Thanksgiving!

I’m Canadian! My thanksgiving is now. In November when my American friends will celebrate thanksgiving, I will celebrate it again!

Quite frankly, every day should have a moment where one should feel thankful.

Mines do!

Yes, every single day, I have something to be thankful for.

This last week, as Emily wasn’t feeling well… I’ve done a lot of laundry!

It reminded me of the first couple of years of Emily’s life when she was vomiting multiple times a day.

We were young living in our first house which was on a lake (beautiful spot). The house was a cottage which had been turned into a house. Nothing was leveled but the windows and French door were amazing. I have never had windows like that again!

Our small house had a stackable washer-dryer unit…

Every other weekend, we had to take our surplus of laundry to the laundromat with our vomiting baby in her stroller because those tiny washer-dryer units… They were no match to my girl’s ability to dirty clothes.

So on Friday as I’m starting, yet, another load of laundry. I had a moment when I thought about complaining out loud about non-stop laundry…

Than I remembered the stackable…

And it hit me!

I was so thankful for growing up, full-time employment, moving a couple of times, actually having the opportunity to move for employment, having a kitchen without a stackable unit in it.

As I filled my washing machine for the 5th time that week. I took a second to smile as I put in two sets of bedding, many towels, lots of pajamas and many other things.

I smiled because I won’t have to make a trip to the laundromat.

I smiled because I knew we would figure out what was going on with Emily.

I smiled because I could afford to take a couple of days off to take care of my girl.

I smiled because although I didn’t want to do laundry. I can do laundry!

For that, I’m thankful!

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Can you find a daily reason to be thankful?

Dopey!

We all have a favorite Disney character!

Dopey is mine!

I have loved Dopey for years!

I loved him as a kid, I love him as an adult.

He is sweet! Gentle! He doesn’t talk but you understand what he is telling you! You want to take care of him and protect him.

I have always loved Dopey.

Emily has always known that Dopey is my guy. Followed closely by Mary Poppins.

Over the years, Emily gave me a t-shirt, a stuff toy and mugs!

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When our Disney store closed, I bought a gnome. That little guy is never going to see the outdoor. He is my prized possession.

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In January 2009, we took Emily on her first plane trip.

We went to Orlando.

We went to Disney.

I will tell you all about that trip one day but for now, let me tell you this little story!

We planned for Emily to meet all the princesses and many other characters. I spent weeks planning this.

What I hadn’t planned was for Dopey to stand there one afternoon with Snow White and Prince Charming.

We had met Snow White already and although I wanted to meet Dopey, I would have never ask Emily to wait in line for me but Emily wouldn’t have it any other way. She grabbed my hand and made us stay there, at the end of the super long line.

Within minutes of us being in line, it was break time for Snow White and her Prince.

They left and told the people waiting that they would be back in so many minutes….

Dopey stayed.

The line didn’t move.

Everybody wanted Snow White.

The person accompanying Dopey started asking people in line if anyone was there for Dopey.

Nobody moved… except that 9 year old tiny girl who literally jumped out of the line-up to scream as loud as she could : “My mom!!! She loves Dopey!!!”

Emily grabbed my hand, moved me to the front of the line and created one amazing memory for me!

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Emily gave me my childhood dream of meeting Dopey.

That’s my girl!

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