Last week, while Daddy was fighting to get in and out of Atlanta, little Miss and Mommy were making the rounds, visiting Gammy and Papa Vincent one night and Grandma Gardner the next. I know I've aired my appreciation for my amazing family, friends and extended family before but it bares repeating - it's a true blessing to be surrounded by such loving, amazing people.
Sometimes this world likes to kick us while we're down. Although we've managed to kill off our #1 terrorist threat, Bin Laden isn't this nations only threat. I watch the news, I look around my own town and I see so many people struggling. The economy is still in the crapper, home ownership is still a pipe dream for so many hard working people, children are managing to graduate high school without a solid education, health care costs are crippling and little ones are still going hungry, homeless and without the love that they so deserve.
All of the madness makes me all the more thankful for the life I live and for the people that I share that life with. I have a beautiful baby girl that needs to grow, learn, laugh, love and live in this crazy 21st century world and I hope as she does all those things she appreciates all that she has - especially when so many have so little.
Sometimes I know I'm not as appreciative of things as I should be (i.e., I'm healthy but I bitch about the cellulite on my ass) but I do hope that I instill in my daughter a level of appreciation for the things that really matter in this life - people.
The following clips are little Miss showing her appreciation for her Grandma's...
Gammy Vincent
Grandma Gardner
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