A Month of Thanks, Day 23

I know it's a bit early.  Though I'm not as early as some of my friends out there.  That's right, we decorated the Christmas tree tonight.  I know I said that I wasn't putting it up until after Thanksgiving, but technically, we celebrated Thanksgiving today, and that's good enough for me.  So what I'm thankful for today is sharing the joy of decorating our Christmas tree as a family.  It's so nice to spend the time hanging the ornaments and standing back to look the tree over.  I have suspicions that Leelah and Michael are getting to that age where they feel like they are too old to be doing these sorts of things, and so I am soaking it all up, and hoping that in all my small ways, I am teaching them that family comes first.  I know that today, I am thankful for mine.