Jessica Rekos was the first born.  Her family called her the little CEO because of the way she carefully thought out and planned everything.  She loved everything about horses and had a passion for orca whales.  Her little brothers miss her.

I am thankful for all I have and for everyone in my life.  But sometimes it is just hard to be thankful.  1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 says: “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”  I am really supposed to give thanks at 6 a.m. while I am trying to sleep on an air mattress in my sister’s living room and have just been awakened by my dad talking very loudly to my brother in the kitchen.  So I lie there with Evan snuggled up next to me; Erik and Joe are close by on another air mattress.  I am warm, I am healthy.  The house is full of all the people I love most in the world.  AND….my dad is in the kitchen talking loudly.  He is here with us in our midst.  I am thankful.