Hi All!!
whew!! It has been a while! I hope you all are doing great and are enjoying these days counting down to thanksgiving. I never really have thought much about Thanksgiving. I just remember eating lots of food and then going into a food coma.. haha not really, but still that's what i think of when it comes to thanksgiving. My family and I don't do anything particular. we gather together and make some great food, (stuffin, pumpkin pie.. you know, the works) and we sit together and share with one another what we are most thankful of. This month of November, I challenge you to think of 30 things (30 days) that you are thankful of. Here's my list:
1. 2 loving parents and 2 loving brothers whom i adore
2. My special doggie that i have had ever since she was 3 months old
3. The military troops who have and are serving our country
4.being able to attend college
5.being able to come to America
6.freedom to believe what ever i want to believe and not be ridiculed by it
7.my loving boyfriend who means so much to me
8.my faith and the hope i have from it
9.the many opportunities i have had throughout my life
10. my extended family and all their quirks and love :)
11. my boy friend's family, (ok it might sound like im sucking up, but im serious) they have always been so warm and inviting and loving
12. my best friends: karuna and michelle. if you two read this, know that i have always valued our friendship and you are the best friends a girl could ask for :)
13. healthcare providers doctors, nurses, and assistants and all that jazz
14. law enforcement and anyone who is willing to give up their life for the good of the people
15. my professors here at school who challenge me to be a better student and a better person
16. the ability to see, hear, touch, smell and taste
17. the ability to move effortlessly and can talk and can think
18.knowing what it feels like to have someone love you
19. my oboe teacher.. haha he puts up with so much. i don't practice anything he assigns and im pretty sure he knows that, but still he works with me to help me become a better musician
20. to my parents back in china, who knew there was hope for me thanks for not giving up
21.any challenge or hardship that i have gone through. though it has been tough, i have grown so much stronger throughout them
22. for the basic necessities; food, clothes, shelter, warm bed....
23.for my dorm floor. these are some amazing girls who are so loving and caring
24.my room mate. haha i wonder if she would ever read this.. anyways she quirks and still accepts me :)
25.for the ability to look at things from a different way, to think outside the box
26.for music and the peace i get from listening to a concerto or ready to bob my head to a pop song
27.for living in a free country
28.for all my friends i have made in college. they all have a special place in my heart
29.my grandparents. they are amazing people so giving and sacrificial and so loving :)
30. adventures in odyssey. haha this sounds funny to type, but really i love this adio group. they do a great job and help me sleep XD.
anyways, how did that go for you? was it hard or did it make you think? well, i hope you all really think about what you are thankful this year. thanksgiving isn't about the turkey, pie or stuffing, though they all are so yummy, but rather it's about thinking about what you are thankful for and being with you family.
blessings!!
