T: Is For Thanksgiving

  When I was young I believed I was destined to be Great! I thought I would be the one to change the world! I wanted to do BIG things. Big humanitarian things. I felt these feelings with every ounce of my being. Then in college I veered onto a path that would change my life forever. Even though I met and married the love of my life the path I ventured on became dark and windy. I no longer felt like I would be great, let alone change the world. I was in a downward spiral losing everyone and everything around me. during that time I had a hard time finding anything to be thankful about.
  Now it's hard to imagine that I once felt that way-so hopeless. No matter what kind of life we are currently living there is always hope and always something to be thankful for. As I sit here with my family I smile because I have many things to be thankful for; my family,my home,my friends,wisdom,a job,health,a car and much much more but more importantly my happiness and willingness to live,really LIVE.
13-14 years ago I would've never thought I would get to where I am now. Brimming with thankfulness and gratitude. From where I was at then I did do big things! I changed my world for the better. I had finally found a fork on that damn dark path and the one I chose had a light that I could at the time dimly see-but it was there at least! And here I am-here we are gathered round on thanksgiving night happy,warm,full and knowing how far we've come and how far we will go.

Middle Class Rant

  I am rich-in that I have a great family and friends.  I have kids that I love and a good marriage. My kids go to a good public school and partake in after school activities. I am lucky enough to live across the street from my parents,brother and grandmother. Our family lives in the suburbs and have a big yard.  My life is full of riches but when it comes to money we are far from rich. And that is okay. We both work hard and live paycheck to paycheck. We don't own our home or drive a fancy car. In fact my car is on its last legs(ok wheels). what is not okay though is that while we bust our butts everyday there are people on welfare who are capable of working eating better than us,driving new cars,going to the dentist,texting for free,going on vacations, wearing brand new clothes etc. 

 Now don't get me wrong- government assistance can be a God send to someone who has fallen upon tough times but not used for a lifetime. It is just so frustrating to work hard and to be raped by taxes while people who work the system don't have to worry about getting sick and wonder how they're  going to foot the bill. They don't have to worry about putting food on the table for their kids. 

We are a married couple with kids and in this day and age you are almost punished instead of commended.