I'm thankful for
- People-family, friends, coworkers, and classmates. I am so blessed!
- Some of you in particular really helped me this past year, and please forgive me if I forget someone, but thank you for being there for me, making me feel loved, and for being my friends, Jordan, Lauren, and Chelsea, Tiny, Steve, Sierra, James, Annie, Hailey, Jodi, Chelsea, Kristen, Scott, Deb, Camille, Camilla, Chris, Joel, Rebecca, Courtney, Mallory, Ty, Lauren S, Lyndi, Marissa, Meredith, Paul, and of course my wonderful family. I love you all so much!
- School-I checked my final grades, and my gpa for the semester was 3.70. I worked very hard but also feel very blessed.
- Jesus Christ-I feel like I have come to better understand my savior, Jesus Christ, this year. Christmas this year felt very Christ-centered, mainly because I made an effort to make it more Christ-centered, and I loved it. I spent most of the year as a Relief Society teacher, and I have really enjoyed the calling. I've had to work to strengthen my testimony about many things so that I can teach about it. I have had to learn to listen to the spirit even more so that I can teach what Heavenly Father wants me to be teaching. I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and my beliefs shape my life and help me feel peace and joy and love. More than anything, my belief in Christ gives me hope. I feel and believe the gospel of Jesus Christ to be true. I sometimes have my doubts, but I do believe.
- Music-I went to many concerts this year. I saw Tim McGraw and Faith Hill in Las Vegas with my mom. I saw Tim McGraw with my friend Chelsea. I went to Josh Groban (he's so amazing!!), sat outside a Josh Turner concert, and went to Luke Bryan's concert. I also went to a few fantastic musicals. I went to Shrek the Musical, which is the BEST! I went to Tarzan and I believe it was this year when I also went to Hello Dolly. I also went to the Messiah Sing In, which is wonderful! I feel like I'm missing some of my musical experiences, but I just love music. For Christmas, my mom got me a ticket to hear the Utah Symphony play Harry Potter songs in February. I'm so excited!
- My health- I feel like I sound like an old person being thankful for this, but I seriously have been thinking lately about how I'm so thankful for my health. I was sick yesterday and have been a bit under the weather lately (probably because of my lack of sleep from my busy life), but in general, I am a fairly healthy person, and I feel very grateful for this.
- Books- I've been able to read over the past week and over Thanksgiving break, and I have loved it! I love books!
- Funny things- Laughter is so great! I love when I've had a hard day or week and I go find something funny to help cheer me up, and it really helps. I also love funny people. They're the best!
- Being American- How am I so blessed to have been born in America and born to a family that was able to provide for me and bring me so much comfort. I am truly wealthy. I have thought of this so much, and I so want to give back to those who are less fortunate than me.
- The best roommates- This sort of falls under the category of people, but I'm calling it different because not everyone I've been roommates with has become a close friend. I just have been thinking this year about how I've been so blessed roommate-wise. I have had some wonderful roommates who have become best friends. I have learned so much from roommates. Some people have horror stories with roommates, and I haven't had that. It's not like every situation has been perfect, but overall I've had a good experience with roommates, and I am thankful for that.
- Having learned new things this year- I feel like I've learned A LOT this year. I've been in school this last semester, yes, but I've also learned so much about life and people and tolerance. I've learned a lot from some lovely friends and family. I wish I could summarize it better all here, but maybe I'll write a post about it.
- The Ocean- I had the chance to visit the ocean this year for the first time in a few years. I also love lakes, but I realized the loveliness of the ocean that I had forgotten. I understood why people are so in love with the beach. I am still a mountain lover, not that I love one over the other, but I am happy to live near the beautiful mountains.
- Goodness- I don't know if this will make sense. I sometimes get very discouraged with the world. A lot of bad things happen, a lot of people have horrible lives, and a lot of people don't make good decisions. It makes me very sad. But then I hear stories of goodness. Or I see goodness. Times when people go out of their way to help others. Times when people keep going despite things being hard. It gives me so much hope, and I feel like if I can be good, and try, maybe I can help make the world a better place, at least to the tiniest bit.
- The new year- In the words of L.M. Montgomery in Anne of Green Gables, "Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?" It's not like this year has been bad (it has been hard, but I don't think it's been bad), but I just like this thought. It's lovely.
I feel like this list is rather generic and boring. But I just feel thankful.
