I am so thankful. I probably don't realize just how much i have to be thankful for though. it seems like things come into perspective after you've lost them, whatever "them" may be; your possessions, your family, your dog Max... i know how hard it is to lose someone in your family and in the years after, they never leave your thoughts. you seem to almost be more thankful for them after they are gone. i think it's okay to think that. Sometimes we miss the fact that, if you are a christian, we know that God does whatever will most glorify Him. So ,if it brings Him the most glory for someone to leave us, then let them leave. i think once you've realized that, then things start to make more sense. Besides, life is so short...Love what you've got now!
I'm most thankful for relationships. I have the best, let me say that a better way, i have the most amazingly, wonderfully, sincerely, kind ,challenging, thoughtful, loving, unpredictable, friends in the world. I couldn't survive without my favorite twenty-something friends. I only wish they knew how much they mean to me. And my family...well, they just don't come much better than Andrew, Ellen, Ben, Susan, Mary Gracelyn, and Mr. B. I forgot someone...Grace! If there is nothing else to look forward to, i at least know i can love and be loved.
