Extra Grateful Thanksgiving
Extra grateful this Thanksgiving.
We had a change of plans this week for Thanksgiving and I am so glad that we did because we had a lot of awesome experiences. We ended up going to San Diego to go to Kate's soccer tournament and she did awesome, went all the way to the semi finals. We were all a little invested on the sidelines...lots of heckling, cheering, and just loudness in general. We were probably more invested in the game than Kate was lol. It made me miss soccer! I loved seeing them play :)
On the way down to California, we had an incident happen. We were just driving and someone hit us from the back rear side. It was raining and his car ended up hydroplaning across 2 lanes before hitting us. The poor kid was only 18 and was in total shock after it happened. We were all okay but a little shaken because the back window had totally shattered. I am so grateful that no one got hurt...I had never felt so scared because Jack was right there...and it could have easily been so much worse. I think my head did a lot of spinning...What would I do if he got hurt? What would happen if we got in a real accident? What would I do without him if anything happened? I think we were probably thinking the same thing. I was so so grateful in that moment that nothing else happened.
A couple of days into the trip, I heard that Grandma Louise was probably not going to make it through the week. I felt like I was totally in the wrong place at the wrong time, but looking back on it now. I think I was, I was surrounded by people that loved me and I loved them. She past away at Thanksgiving and I walked away from our table at dinner to talk to my dad. Then I just sat and remembered her for a little while on the benches outside. Jack came and sat by me and it was nice to just remember an amazing lady. She was such a kind, sweet soul. I am grateful I got to be close with her. I feel sad about a loss of family, but I am grateful for the longevity of life she felt and that she went to heaven on the sunset of her life. Her funeral is next Wednesday.
We had a change of plans this week for Thanksgiving and I am so glad that we did because we had a lot of awesome experiences. We ended up going to San Diego to go to Kate's soccer tournament and she did awesome, went all the way to the semi finals. We were all a little invested on the sidelines...lots of heckling, cheering, and just loudness in general. We were probably more invested in the game than Kate was lol. It made me miss soccer! I loved seeing them play :)
On the way down to California, we had an incident happen. We were just driving and someone hit us from the back rear side. It was raining and his car ended up hydroplaning across 2 lanes before hitting us. The poor kid was only 18 and was in total shock after it happened. We were all okay but a little shaken because the back window had totally shattered. I am so grateful that no one got hurt...I had never felt so scared because Jack was right there...and it could have easily been so much worse. I think my head did a lot of spinning...What would I do if he got hurt? What would happen if we got in a real accident? What would I do without him if anything happened? I think we were probably thinking the same thing. I was so so grateful in that moment that nothing else happened.
We had to deal with a broken window the rest of the time and the Olsen's haven't been able to catch a break with all of their broken cars, but we had a great weekend nevertheless. :) We watched a lot of soccer, hot tubbed, went to the beach, and ate a lot of food.
During that same car ride...Jack got a call from a random number and everyone went dead quiet...everyone knows that we were waiting to hear back about some interviews he had. The guy was from Cicero and talked to Jack for a few minutes and then extended him a full time offer. WE WERE BEYOND EXCITED!!! The whole car erupted. :) We were a bunch of happy campers.
We noticed that Jack had lost a hat, we had lost some towels...so on the way back home, we were about at the place we thought we crashed and I yelled JACK I THINK THAT IS YOUR HAT! We were like...no way we have to go see if its there. It TOTALLY was! We found all of our stuff hahaha :) It was funny because Jack always loses his hats.
A couple of days into the trip, I heard that Grandma Louise was probably not going to make it through the week. I felt like I was totally in the wrong place at the wrong time, but looking back on it now. I think I was, I was surrounded by people that loved me and I loved them. She past away at Thanksgiving and I walked away from our table at dinner to talk to my dad. Then I just sat and remembered her for a little while on the benches outside. Jack came and sat by me and it was nice to just remember an amazing lady. She was such a kind, sweet soul. I am grateful I got to be close with her. I feel sad about a loss of family, but I am grateful for the longevity of life she felt and that she went to heaven on the sunset of her life. Her funeral is next Wednesday.
So the next few days, I felt like I deepened as a person for a couple of reasons. Jack is taken care of....that makes me so happy. Experiences like death and car accidents help you hold your loved ones a little bit closer, I think Heavenly Father knew I needed a little bit of humbling. I am grateful for a lot of things but mostly, I am grateful for an eternal family :)
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