1. I'm most thankful for God, who is always quick to love and forgive, no matter how far I let myself stray, and that He always welcomes me back with open arms. I know that without Him the rest of my list wouldn't be possible.
2. I'm very thankful that my best friend is also the person I'm in love with, as well as kind, forgiving, and supportive. He teaches me a lot about what is important in life, and what is just fleeting. He is also the cutest person on the planet :]
3. Even though they may not be the best influence on me, or kind and loving (for the most part), I am thankful that I can at least say that I have a family who has always made sure I have food in my tummy and clothes on my back.
4. I'm thankful that today I have a job to go to, when millions of Americans don't have this opportunity.
5.I'm thankful that I am able to go to college and pursue a career where I'll be able to help others. I'm also thankful that I am able to go to Marshall. A lot of people don't like Marshall, but once you attend a community college, Marshall is about ten times better. And I do enjoy it.
6. I know I complain a lot about my back hurting. And it does hurt, more than I can explain. But the truth is, I'm thankful I had surgery for my back. I'm thankful that twenty years from now I'll still be able to walk. And I'm thankful that I no longer look like the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
7. I'm thankful for Andy's family, for showing me how to love and give selflessly. I hope to have a family that is like theirs someday.
8. I'm thankful that I'm no longer psychologically addicted to sleeping pills.
9. I never knew my grandparents, and I'd like to be spending a Thanksgiving dinner with them, asking them how they came to be who they were... which I don't even know how they were like... but, I am thankful that someday I will be able to sit down with them, eat with them, laugh with them. I am thankful that my life will never end.
10. Hmm... I am thankful that I have the power to transform my own thinking, the ability to help others, the capacity to love, and a heart that is eager to try and try again.
I am bored. I could and should be studying for all of my mid-terms this week.. but I can't bring myself to do it. I keep finding other things (i.e., shopping, laundry, dishes) to take up my time instead. I'm also debating on actually staying at my house in Ashland tonight or not. On the one hand, my parents haven't seen me in a long while, and I'd like to please them (although it sometimes feels impossible), but on the other hand.. my car is on empty, I have zero dollars, and I'd have to wake up an hour earlier to make it to school on time. Staying with Andy is more convenient, but not only that, it's just a more pleasant atmosphere for me to be in.
I might as well go to Ashland tonight, and get it over with.
