this year, in particular, i am so grateful for God's faithfulness in my family's lives. my uncles have been financially suffering and had to move out of their homes; but praise God, they are not homeless and are making ends meet. my mom was close to being fired -- it was between her and another worker-- but praise God that He had let her keep her job. my mom's side of the family ALL live in the bay area and this was not planned. praise God that we can celebrate thanksgiving and christmas altogether. we are so very fortunate.. i wonder if my cousins feel the same. hmm. but most importantly, my dad let my mom come with me to celebrate thanksgiving with her family. praise God for the softening of his heart. i truly hope that one day, he too, will want to be a part of mom's side of the family.
as i looked around the living room at my aunt's house on thanksgiving day, i realized how much everyone has grown, and we've seen each other grow every single year of our lives. in my eyes, my aunt's house was always humongous, but now, since all my cousins have grown, my aunt's house looks so tiny! but anyway, we are so blessed to be able to celebrate this wonderful holiday together.. every year.. and our family is growing :) one by one, my cousins are getting married.. and pretty soon, there will be little babies! haha, i hope :) oh, how exciting that will be. i really hope that when everyone gets married, we will still all meet for the holidays. of course, that will be super hard since they will have their own families and such, but a girl can dream, right?
anyways. here is our annual couch picture of me and my cousins (minus the oldest cousin who's in korea). we are all squished together. i love it.
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