Thank you!
As I sit here recounting the days, weeks and months, that have passed so quickly this year, I think about many memories that have been made.
Dinners with friends and family.
The arrival of new ones, the departure of loved ones and everything in-between. This season is a season that is full of extremes. Extreme highs and lows of insurmountable joys and sorrows.
Yet I reflect on the year and I think back to the good times and not the bad. The times at which the world for a moment stood perfectly still (then the chaos happened again).
I think about this Thanksgiving, what it means to me and my family our traditions, our many times of sitting at the dinner table trying to figure out what will work in the schedule. Many times this year it being mine that was messing everyone else's schedule up.
Then I think of through it all we have made it work. We have and are keeping the priorities straight, many times despite, or even while, wanting to do something else.
Then I think of Thanksgiving and what the word alone means. A giving of thanks. I have been mindful this week of people that bring me joy that don't really know it. People that I see in the gym and smile and say hello how are you doing. People that ask me about my latest travels and what classes I am finished with or what the heck I am doing now (which depends on the day). Friends that make time in the midst of it all to watch a movie and the crazy fact that my roommate and I had to schedule a time when we could decorate and when we could exchange Christmas presents. (yep that is the crazy of my schedule) I am thankful for those times and so many more.
Then I think of the Thanks that I forget to say. The things that people do or what they share or show throughout the year that makes the difference in my day week or month. The things my parents do for me without asking, the aunt status that I have even though I am an only child, the roof over my head, the sheets on my bed, the hug I get from someone when they had no idea I needed it and the list goes on and on and on.
The lump comes to the throat when I think about the inexplainable thankfulness that I should have every season, every day and every hour for the steadfastness that God is in my life and the ones that he has placed in my life.
This thankfulness cannot be boxed, bought, held tight, or gift wrapped but it is a feeling of bliss and blessing that comes from knowing that for that brief moment you remember to be thankful.
So as the list could go on and on for the thankful aspects of my life. I am left with a feeling of inspiration and awe. From those who have gone before us reminding us to relish in the moment, savor the family, and cherish the friends. For memories are made together in relationship with one another, in the good times and the bad and it is this for which I am most Thankful.
Cherish, LOVE and Savor your Thanksgiving and remember the memories.
Thank you for making an impact on me.
Dinners with friends and family.
The arrival of new ones, the departure of loved ones and everything in-between. This season is a season that is full of extremes. Extreme highs and lows of insurmountable joys and sorrows.
Yet I reflect on the year and I think back to the good times and not the bad. The times at which the world for a moment stood perfectly still (then the chaos happened again).
I think about this Thanksgiving, what it means to me and my family our traditions, our many times of sitting at the dinner table trying to figure out what will work in the schedule. Many times this year it being mine that was messing everyone else's schedule up.
Then I think of through it all we have made it work. We have and are keeping the priorities straight, many times despite, or even while, wanting to do something else.
Then I think of Thanksgiving and what the word alone means. A giving of thanks. I have been mindful this week of people that bring me joy that don't really know it. People that I see in the gym and smile and say hello how are you doing. People that ask me about my latest travels and what classes I am finished with or what the heck I am doing now (which depends on the day). Friends that make time in the midst of it all to watch a movie and the crazy fact that my roommate and I had to schedule a time when we could decorate and when we could exchange Christmas presents. (yep that is the crazy of my schedule) I am thankful for those times and so many more.
Then I think of the Thanks that I forget to say. The things that people do or what they share or show throughout the year that makes the difference in my day week or month. The things my parents do for me without asking, the aunt status that I have even though I am an only child, the roof over my head, the sheets on my bed, the hug I get from someone when they had no idea I needed it and the list goes on and on and on.
The lump comes to the throat when I think about the inexplainable thankfulness that I should have every season, every day and every hour for the steadfastness that God is in my life and the ones that he has placed in my life.
This thankfulness cannot be boxed, bought, held tight, or gift wrapped but it is a feeling of bliss and blessing that comes from knowing that for that brief moment you remember to be thankful.
So as the list could go on and on for the thankful aspects of my life. I am left with a feeling of inspiration and awe. From those who have gone before us reminding us to relish in the moment, savor the family, and cherish the friends. For memories are made together in relationship with one another, in the good times and the bad and it is this for which I am most Thankful.
Cherish, LOVE and Savor your Thanksgiving and remember the memories.
Thank you for making an impact on me.
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