Post by bluedaisyus on Apr 16, 2013 9:08:39 GMT -5
I'm thankful that I have a shot-free day today. And that my wife is off work tomorrow for my ER. And that our new carpet was installed yesterday and looks AWESOME. And that our new couch is being delivered tomorrow. And that my parents are so amazing and being so helpful with this whole IVF process, volunteering to do all kinds of things like cart my butt around and hang out with the boy if my wife can't get the day off work. And that everyone I know or know of who was in Boston yesterday is fine. And for my happy, healthy boy.
Post by thiswillbe on Apr 16, 2013 11:01:36 GMT -5
I am thankful to be home safe and sound to my family.
I am thankful for an AWESOME wife who not only held down the fort while I was gone, but also started working on getting the kids to sleep in their own beds all night long (instead of crawling into bed with us at 11:30 PM and 2:30 AM).
I am thankful for the fun Sunday I had with the kiddos and S.
I am beyond thankful my sister wasn't near the explosions. She was a block away, just walking out of a bar, heading out to the finish line to see her husband cross. She thought they were cannons, to commemorate Patriot's Day and kept walking.
I am so, so thankful my brother-in-law started a few min back in the pack.
I am thankful she immediately had someone she was with text me and tell me they were safe. At the time, I thought they were drunk (the text said 'We have Jeff and we're all safe) and kept folding my laundry. And then my phone started ringing and ringing and K's phone started ringing and ringing and when I finally answered and K's sister told me bombs had gone off, I understood the text and didn't have to panic.
I am absolutely heartbroken for the families affected. If you're not from Boston, it would be hard to understand what a huge, huge day Marathon Monday is. I'd say it's the biggest holiday of the year, celebration wise. Almost every business is closed and it's the only Red Sox game of the season that starts before noon. They start early specifically so the game gets out right when the locals are going to start crossing the finish line. The whole stadium empties onto the streets and moves in a huge wave towards the finish line. It's *the* day to celebrate being a Bostonian. Everyone who has grown up here has stories from their childhood and even more from adulthood, going to the game, cheering on the runners, celebrating. It is a good day. Good as in wholesome and fun and happy.. there isn't another marathon in the world, like it. It would be impossible to have this happen any day of the year, but because it happened on Marathon Monday, it makes it a thousand times harder. It's our day. It's unimaginable. I am thankful it wasn't a larger scale attack, but those poor, poor families.
Post by awkwardpenguin on Apr 16, 2013 12:01:10 GMT -5
I am glad my Boston family and friends are safe, and that our boardies are safe. I am heartbroken for those affected and for the city of Boston. Like Quinny said, Marathon Monday is such a huge celebration and having it targeted makes me shaky and sad.
I am thankful for my patient wife, for our new couples counselor, and for my therapist. Things have been hard for a long time, and now that things are getting easier, it's like all the things we tabled while I was depressed are now coming to a head. I'm thankful we have people to help us through this time, and thankful that we are committed to each other in good times and bad.
I'm thankful for this board, where I feel comfortable posting even when I'm being a huge downer.
Post by never2amazing on Apr 16, 2013 13:30:42 GMT -5
I am thankful for a wife who loves me and the Kiddos so much that she drove her sleeping brood around for a little more than an hour in a half so we could have a decent nap. (We had fallen asleep in van once we left the park.)
I am thankful for having a belief in a Higher Power, for it is through this belief that helps me get through the madness of hate.
Like quinny said it is hard to understand what marathon Monday means to us. The marathon goes through our town and is the bottom of heartbreak hill. This is not a marathon for runners it is a marathon for everyone. I grew up going to the marathon it really is one of the best days to be a Bostonian. My sister's office is between the two bomb sites on boylston st. Last year she had to work. S's old office was in the prudential center. We have countless friends that work down there not to mention the large number of coworkers and friends who were running. A teacher at e's school was running and a bunch of teachers were going down to finish line. Thankfully they were all fine. One of my Former students is a nurse at the er at Boston medical center and was working yesterday afternoon and a friend who is in last year of her residency was working in the brigham er yesterday. So I am thankful that all I know and love are safe and I am thankful that I live in a community that bands together and will get through this.
Post by ballandchain on Apr 16, 2013 19:14:52 GMT -5
Like so many others, I'm immensely grateful that my family and friends and I are all safe after our scary Monday. I was at my office about a mile from the explosions and had friends and family running and watching the Marathon. I'm thankful that my co-worker's husband drove me home, and that today was uneventful.
I am thankful that everyone I know who had family/friends in Boston on that day are okay. I am thankful my wife took over the kids book reports/dioramas. They are having a great time doing it together and they look so good! I am thankful for grilling season. Fast and easy clean up. I am thankful for children who go to bed easily and willingly at a decent hour (I am sure this is God's apology for giving us crappy sleepers for the first 3.5y of the kids' lives!)