Thanksgiving has come and gone but I am finding that the list of things that I am thankful for keeps going. Maybe that is why I am more cheerful at a time of year that usually has me feeling a little blue. As our older daughter continues to be seizure free, nine months now and counting, perhaps those are the silver threads that weave through our days: the hope that health and safety for our girls continues and our ongoing desire for that to be true for all.
We are lucky enough to live in an exceptional community. We have the beauty of the ocean ten minutes away while being fortunate enough to live in a rural setting with an old growth forest in our own backyard. Our weather is the best Canadian weather possible: not too hot, not too cold and all four seasons. Our city has it all: culture, like the incredible theatre produced by Peninsula Productions, business, services, infrastructure. Our daughter with special needs has the amazing Semiahmoo House Society nearby which provides a wide range of recreation, leisure and community living and work programs for anyone with extraordinary needs. We have everything we need in local churches like White Rock Community Church which warmly welcomes folks every week plus schools, shops, libraries, parks, pools and entertainment. We have it all! We are blessed, lucky, fortunate--- pick one.
Life can change in the blink of an eye, the flash of a camera, the change of a traffic light; I know this all too well. Today we are blessed.
We are lucky enough to live in an exceptional community. We have the beauty of the ocean ten minutes away while being fortunate enough to live in a rural setting with an old growth forest in our own backyard. Our weather is the best Canadian weather possible: not too hot, not too cold and all four seasons. Our city has it all: culture, like the incredible theatre produced by Peninsula Productions, business, services, infrastructure. Our daughter with special needs has the amazing Semiahmoo House Society nearby which provides a wide range of recreation, leisure and community living and work programs for anyone with extraordinary needs. We have everything we need in local churches like White Rock Community Church which warmly welcomes folks every week plus schools, shops, libraries, parks, pools and entertainment. We have it all! We are blessed, lucky, fortunate--- pick one.
Life can change in the blink of an eye, the flash of a camera, the change of a traffic light; I know this all too well. Today we are blessed.
