a fun day...and a new year's resolution

ahh...today was a fun day!!


i love thanksgiving...i love having an excuse to remind all my friends and family that i am beyond thankful for them. i love seeing 12 faces around the table all full of joy. i just love everything about this holiday. i love that our country chooses to set aside a whole day just for being thankful. the days off of school are not too bad either! :)


i could go on for days writing about all the things i am thankful for...family, friends, faith, freedom, fun...(no, i didn't mean for them all to start with the same letter! haha). the list could go on and on and on and on. i woke up this morning and my heart just felt full!


the past couple of days i have really been missing new york, and at the same time, i have been so thankful for living here. but, the missing new york feelings came over me. my heart ached. i ached for the familiarity, and for people that know me inside and out. i ached for friends to talk to and take walks with. while my heart longed for those things, i also found myself so thankful for the time i did have in new york.


i have also found myself incredibly thankful for where i am now.


And don't be wishing you were someplace else or with someone else. Where you are right now is where God wants you. Live and obey and love and believe right there.
1 Corinthians 7:17


where i am is where God wants me...and i am THANKFUL for that. since we moved here i have met some INCREDIBLE people. people that in the short time i have known them, have taught me so much and inspired me so much. i have learned to "live and obey and love and believe" right here. i can't put into words how thankful i am to be learning this.


for so long, i didn't allow myself to make friends here. i was so sure that i just didn't need them. after all, i had friends, they just lived miles and miles away. i convinced myself that there was no need to make new friends, or let people get to know me. and let me tell you, i deprived myself of some amazing people last year. THANKFULLY, God has given me the chance this year to get to know people and make some great friends. the truth is...i do need friends here! i love people and i need people and being able to get to know people here has been awesome. this place is overflowing with awesome, solid christ followers that i am HONORED to call friends. for that...i am thankful. so thankful.

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Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
1 Thes. 5:16-18


Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, His love endures forever!
1 Chron. 16:34

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instead of regular name cards today, my mom put a verse about being thankful at everyone's place setting at our table. each person got a different verse. it was so neat to look around the table and read 12 verses about thankfulness. when you search "give thanks to the Lord" on bible. com, over 40 verses come up.


i know it's a bit early for new year's resolutions, but, i am making one now.


* to keep an attitude of thankfulness at ALL times, not just at thanksgiving.


i hope you all had a great thanksgiving!! much love-