Thankfulness

My heart is overflowing right now with all the things I am thankful for. The past few weeks have been very hard for me emotionally since Iann's seizures have continued, and increased. Daily calls to his neurologist & emailing video of his seizures have helped us get him on the right medicine mix ... Hopefully. So I have been pretty down, antisocial and quiet. Add to that Jon's schedule switching to swings, and I am also dealing with an emotional 7 yr old who often only sees his daddy for a few minutes before school.

Earlier today I texted a friend that I was overwhelmed and wanted to cry. A few hours (and some hard exercise) later and I find myself unable to keep my thankfulness inside.

I am writing this on Iann's  iPad (don't tell him, he's alseep) so I will keep this brief and picture free. So here is a short list of the things I am thankful for:

* friends who leave me multiple voicemails/texts even when I don't reply
* working for my dad: many people with SNs kiddos have a hard time keeping a job due to time off we need to take for dr's appointments etc. Dad knows, understands & supports this ... how can he not since it is his grandchild :) Seriously though, dad could have hired someone else having watched what life with Iann is like these past few years
* a recently discovered, incredibly active & supportive Fragile X Facebook page. How did we get this far without you?????
*friends who encourage me to shed the weight I gained after Alex passed away: Lori for challenging me to run a 5k with her; Danielle for always being willing to listen to my workout sagas; and Ashley for sharing your Insanity DVD's with me. Insanity is the craziest thing I have ever done, but results don't lie
* a great church who support & understand Jon & I, and love and accommodate our kids. Jon & I got to experience the Kids Blitz music last week, awesome. Totally awesome. And Iann is loved, happy & terrorizing the little kids to his hearts content

As I said above this is a quick list, but a heartfelt one. I may be the one walking this road with Iann, but I couldn't be this far down it without all of your support.

So thank you.