November is all about taking the time to stop and think about what we are thankful for. Somehow, we seem to forget to do this throughout the entire year.
First of all, I'm thankful for my parents and the fact that they have been constants throughout my life. No matter what, they're always there, even when I didn't expect or deserve it. A lot of us take our parents for granted and then it's too late. The older I get the more I realize all they've done for me and I've realized how much they really did have my best interests at heart. I didn't have parents who were "my best friends". They were parents. They love me through everything and have done what it takes to raise me into someone decent. I'm so glad to have grown up with that.
I have an amazing older sister to be thankful for. There is quite a few years age difference between us and that is something I am thankful for. I didn't have to grown up with a sister I constantly fought with and had to compete with. She is more than a sister, she's a friend, a listening ear, a sounding board, my shoulder to cry on and so much more. She has done so much for me I wouldn't even know where to begin. She's also brought in to my life a brother-in-law who is just as supportive and who does just as much for me. And of course my life will never be the same after the births of my two nieces that she has brought in to my life
. Ella Grey is the most amazing nine year old you will ever meet. I've never known a little girl who loves with her whole heart like Grey does. She is so creative and inspired by anything she sees or hears or reads. She loves to draw and read and craft and write and sing & I love every bit of it. She has such a big passionate heart and does everything with her own personal style.
Finley Skye is a little FIRECRACKER! Pretty much the complete opposite of her sister, this little three year old has so much life in her. She is the definition of a diva and absolutely can make your day. I can't wait to see how she grows up and the person she grows into in the next few years. I'm so thankful to have been able to be around her fairly constantly throughout her life.
Oh, brother. I remember sitting in my bean bag chair late into the night with the phone in my lap, waiting for the call to tell me I had a little brother. Like it was yesterday. Of course we have had our share of fights and arguments growing up, but that's just a part of having a little brother. He's growing up so fast, it's hard to believe he will be graduating this coming May. Definitely makes me old. I'm just glad to have him in my life and for us to be able to let our relationship as brother and sister grow the older we become.
I'm thankful for the friends that I have had in my life, whether we were friends for a while or for a long time. Right now I am extremely thankful for the friends that are constants in my life. Those hand full of friends know who they are and hopefully they know just how much they mean to me. Nothing in the world compares to a friend who is there for you no matter what you need and who gives you the opportunity to be there for them. My friends offer me advice, cheer me up, calm me down, level me out, balance me, hear me out and tell it right back to me. They are the best.
I'm thankful for the life that I have. I don't have the perfect life by any means. I have to work hard, a lot of times I struggle or fall short, things never seem to come easy to me but none of that compares to the lives of some people. I'm just thankful for a chance. I'm thankful for opportunity. I'm thankful for connections. For the people that have entered my life the past two years.
