thanksgiving weekend

taher and i spent thanksgiving with my entire dad's side of the family. it was FUN. i see some of my aunts and uncles and cousins often, and others not so often. yet whenever i see my family members, it's a good time. i can stop at my dad's brother's house to pick something up and end up staying for an hour; it's a chat fest. and i always leave smiling.

anyway. aziz and sakina came to visit on thursday and they didn't leave until yesterday. six days! it was wonderful. i was 13 when aziz started college, and since then i have seen him infrequently and never been able to take seeing him for granted. as of next year, he will move closer to chicago and insh i will see him on a more monthly basis. nice to see your sibling often, even if he is a gruff old guy who only gives hugs when coerced into them :)

and spending six days with sakina was lovely. i knew she was a genius, but this weekend she dazzled us all. we were all constantly playing with her and watching her antics; she was the little star the entire weekend.

i read a lot of blogs this morning - post-thanksgiving posts and reasons to be thankful. i know i am not the first person to say this, but in the end it really comes down to the people in my life. family and friends. loved ones. thanks to those who participated in my weekend and made it such a blast.