2010 Gratitude #2: My Birth Family

Three years ago, I moved back to Texas after ten years of living 1,000+ miles away from the specific group of people that I call my birth family, the one I was born into. (I'm lucky to have three layers of family -- the one I married into, and the one I choose by whom I call my friends.)

Especially during this difficult year, it has been a great gift to be within driving distance of these three crazy characters.







I believe that before we're born, we choose our parents and our siblings... for a million reasons, though sometimes I'm sure we can only think of the reasons that make no sense. I'm grateful for being born into this family, and for the love they've poured on me through all the transitions of 2010.