I am Thankful
Yesterday I mentioned how much better David was doing on his school work. Today, we attended the annual Thanksgiving Feast at Thursday school. We chose not to attend Thursday school classes this semester because of everything that David was going through at the beginning of the semester. And with the anxiety he goes through, I was hoping that today would be a good day. It turned out to be a series of small miracles*, as far as David goes.
He spent the morning in the Lego Loft, while I baked and got the girls ready. *Then David was the first to be completely ready, shoes & all, waiting by the door. He fell asleep on the short drive, *but woke up pleasant. He chose to wait through the line with me while Dad secured a table and the girls.
Before blessing the meal, our leader asked if anyone wanted to share something they were thankful for real quick. A little boy raised his hand, then a little girl, then in a room crowded with people, *my shy David raised his hand. The other two were called upon first and *David waited his turn to say, "I'm thankful for my Legos." In front of everyone. People laughed, not meanly, but in an "aw, that was a cute and very honest answer" way. *And David did not freak out about the people laughing.
During the meal, David went back through the line *by himself to see if there were any more brownies or chips for seconds... twice. He *waited patiently for everyone to be done eating and *never said he was ready to leave. It *never bothered him that a preschool girl from the next table kept coming over & staring at him.
Today probably would have been a disaster a few months ago, but today I am thankful for this gift. I got to see my sweet boy again. I will call this #12 of my 1000 Gifts and a wonderful way to Countdown to Thanksgiving.
