Too much

I am grateful.  For a refrigerator with too much food.  For a house that's too big.  Couches that are too comfortable.  Dogs that are too excited to see us.  Kids that are too creative.  Family that's too close.   Too many dogs.  Too many pies.  Too many kids.  Too many leftovers.  Too many pillows and blankets all over the house.  Too many dress-up clothes, too many legos chewed up by the dogs, too many stage props for the annual Thanksgiving play, too much laundry to catch up on.  Too many options of things to get the kids for Christmas.  Too many choices when picking what we're going to have for lunch.  Too many restaurants to choose from for an evening out.

I am thankful for too much...and realize...that we have it.  Even in the midst of chaos and confusion and day-to-day annoyances.  What a blessing to have more than enough...and to have the privilege of taking it so for granted.  For one day...this day...I will not.