Blessed

That is what I am feeling tonight. I am blessed. As the girls stand on chairs at the counter making home-made tortillas with their Dad and as Jack pulls on the power cord to the laptop I am at this very moment typing on. I am blessed.

The girls had ballet today, which is always a long day for me. As I was driving home, I was thinking of what I was going to put as my status update on Facebook, something funny the girls did today. But that will have to wait. Because when I logged on, I read that a friend from high school had passed away. The truth is I can't claim we were close in recent years because we weren't. We hadn't talked since she graduated high school, 2 years before I did, until we reconnected on Facebook when I joined. Good ol' Facebook. But she was one of those people that you never forget. That even though you may not talk, you wonder what is going on in her life. I joined choir my freshman year (yes, I'm proud to be a choir geek) and she was my section leader. She was so welcoming and warm and to a freshmen who was going through a quite a bit of life changes (on top of starting high school) it was great. I will forever be thankful to her for that.

I don't know the circumstances of her death right now. I don't know if it's something she knew might be coming or if it was a complete blind side. What I do know is that in addition to a lot of friends & family, she left behind an adorable little boy - only 4 years old. And that rips my heart out.

While heaven gained an angel, we lost one. A beautiful, vibrant woman with an infectious smile, a great voice and the ability to make even the most self conscious feel worthy. Desiree, where ever you are tonight, know that you are thought of and missed.

Tonight I know I am blessed. I just tucked my children into bed with giant kisses & I love you's. When I am done typing here, I will go spend some time with my husband. I will try to stop stressing about what I don't have and be grateful for what I do have. Yes, tonight I know I am blessed.