Today I am thankful for my awesome family.
Today I am thankful for my dad getting better and making such an amazing recovery.
I am thankful for my Batman sweater.
I am thankful for my hair and the awesome colors in it.
I am thankful for the Gamecube that just got here and ALL THE AWESOME GAMES THAT CAME IN THE MAIL TOO.
I am so thankful for MY LIFE today!
Toady I got to sleep in for the first time in a while. It’s only been a week, but it felt like forever since I had the option to stay in bed as long as I wanted to - the only detriment being that my parents might think I’m lazy.
As opposed to being late to when visiting hours open up at the hospital.
Ask anyone in my family and they will tell you these past two years have been so hard. They’ve been the hardest yet, by far. There’s been cancer, there’s been death, there’s been heart surgery.
Yet… I know there are people whose years have been so much worse.
Today is about being thankful, and even though I was expecting to find the usual “I am so happy about my life and the people in it :D” revelation, I got more.
I’ve been hiding behind the tragedies in my life. I’ve been hiding, scared that if I face the world head on, it will spit back in my face with something worse than what’s already happened.
Except… no one can take hope away. No one can take faith away. No one can take your ability to feel thankful away.
This year I am thankful for the all the things I always am: my life, the people that surround me, my education and privileges, but above all else I am thankful for one simple epiphany:
I have the power to face the world head on and to be as strong as I want. I am not broken or damaged. And I am so thankful for that.
Today I am thankful that my dad’s open heart surgery was an amazing success.
I am also thankful for this amazing recovery… not many can be up and walking only 48 hours after surgery :D
I love you daddy!
Today I am thankful for my amazing professor - who is the best mentor I could ask for.
I am thankful for my friends - who make feel loved, cared for, and appreciated.
I am thankful for my ability to help my friends when they are in need.
I am thankful for having such a small apartment (easier to clean - even if it’s proving to be a challenge!)
I am thankful for my washing machine not breaking down on me last night.
Feeling like you belong somewhere is one of the best feelings in the world.
These past few days have been a blur for me, I’m packing and cleaning and turning in finals all at the same time, so I can get on a plane and go wait on something very scary. It has me on a bit of an emotional roller coaster… but among my little chaos, last night, sitting among friends, I realized something.
I feel a sense of belonging.
This would have been impossible if it wasn’t for the super awesome people that I’ve met in Savannah since I got here. I feel so blessed and happy to have people of this caliber in my life right now.
Even though I’m about to get on a jet plane to face uncertainty, I still feel like the luckiest girl in the world.
As of right now, I feel like I have two homes: where my family is, and where my friends are.
Life is good.
I am thankful for my awesome new haircut!
Today I am thankful for the excitement of going to live in a new country next quarter.
I am thankful for my badass new haircut.
I am thankful for my friends, who take me out to eat and drink beer in spite of finals.
I am thankful for my friends who come take the cupcakes I can’t eat. And for helping me care for my kitties over the winter.
The last few days have been a blur - I can see my departure date fast approaching and I’m still not sure how I’m going to pull everything together so that I can get on that plane on the 16th… but life is still good.
I am thankful for my professors this quarter, who have been amazing and inspiring. Spending time with them makes me want to be better, but also not afraid to be myself. They make me want to be a better myself without feeling the need to change myself. It is amazing. Is this what having amazing people surround you like feel like?
I am thankful for my friends, who have shown me nothing but love and caring these past few days; inviting me out, listening to me, making me dinner, being silly with me. I am really gifted to have them in my life.
I am thankful for a text that made me realize that a friendship I was afraid was fading isn’t fading at all - we’re just on different wavelengths!
I am thankful that the third kitty has gone back to live with his real owners, leaving me with just one litter box to clean.
I am thankful for my creative mind, who in spite of me feeling blocked technical-wise, keeps giving me inspiring ideas.
I am thankful for the great food I got to eat today, and the amazing wine I got to drink last night.
Today I am thankful for a great ending a great Demon: The Fallen game. My character got to beat up Lilith, dark bride of Samael, and it was badass.
I also fell in love with the development of my Changeling character for this quarter. I’ll definitely be bringing her back in the near future (maybe for LAPRs???)
I’ve also developed a crush on friend, which, against my better judgement, I’m actually a little bit excited about. As much time as I’m losing pondering the idea of what it might be like to pursue this venue, deep down I am really grateful to be feeling the butterflies in my stomach again.
Today I am thankful for the opportunity to pick up online role playing again, even though I’m a little hesitant to play with someone I know in real life.
I’m also thankful for the amazing advise from my favorite teacher: “You will not truly learn something until you experience it for yourself, find your own solution.”
Also, I’m in love with my current playlist! Edge of Seventeen & Back to Black! POW~
