About two years ago before the birth of my daughter I started a new family tradition around the holidays where my family and I made a "Thankful Tree" together. It was wonderful, I put my Southern Man in charge of the trunk of the tree, which is the base that holds all the branches and leaves up. In real life he is our trunk so it was a fitting job for him. I made the rest of us in charge of cutting out the leaves. Then as a family we all took turns writing on the leaves what we were thankful for. A few hours later we had an amazing tree. We were all thankful for so much. It felt amazing to see how blessed we are. My children were so proud of the tree. My older two children went back to the tree several times to add leaves. That same tree stayed up for over a year. We just kept adding to it. It now sits in a shirt box preserving in a special place. Over Christmas break this year we will be making a new tree. I can not wait to hear what our youngest is thankful for in her precious older toddler mind!!
