{"id":3570,"date":"2013-11-26T20:20:21","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T20:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/thanksgiving-2013-one-lucky-gyal\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T21:42:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T03:42:34","slug":"thanksgiving-2013-one-lucky-gyal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/thanksgiving-2013-one-lucky-gyal\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving 2013: One Lucky Gyal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’ve been doing this for two years now, and I still have a hard time believing that THIS is what I do. \u00a0If someone told me 15 years ago when I graduated from college that I would have three kids and be a Caribbean American parenting blogger, the author of a children’s book, and a member of the StepSisters – I’d have told them that they were lying… then probably asked them, “what is a blog, and what the heck is YouTube?” It’s not that I’m that old… It’s just that the technology is that young.<\/p>\n

You just never know who you will be, where you will be, and what you will become, so I have chosen to be thankful for who I am, where I am, and what I am right this very minute.<\/p>\n

We recently did a Thanksgiving show on The StepSisters<\/a> Google Hangout and we had two amazing Caribbean bloggers join us as guests – Jamie from JayBlessed.com<\/a> and Alysia from RewindandComeAgain.com<\/a>. \u00a0We talked about what we were thankful for, family food, and more. To watch the whole show, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is what I was thankful for when it comes to blogging (click here to watch the video<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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To see more videos from the StepSisters, check out the YouTube Channel<\/a> or our website – StepSistersBlog.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Happy Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been doing this for two years now, and I still have a hard time believing that THIS is what I do. \u00a0If someone told me 15 years ago when I graduated from college that I would have three kids…<\/p>\n

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