Every year, I sit down on the fourth Thursday in November to write a list of all the blessings in my life. I try to make it to one hundred. This year, I've realized that what I am most thankful for in my life are the people I love and the moments I share with them. Because, when it comes right down to it, that's what matters most anyway.
Here is this year's hundred:
1. making new friends
2. catching up with dear friends
3. family Home Evenings with my family
4. walks in Liberty Park
5. unexpected blessings
6. text messages that give me a mid-day lift
7. delicious food to eat
8. a great roommate
9. Jenny
10. Mellie
11. Carrie
12. Dad
13. Mom
14. knowing my parents love me all the time, no matter what
15. my testimony of the true gospel of Jesus Christ
16. temples
17. The Book of Mormon
18. chocolate chip cookies
19. good books
20. blankets
21. laughter
22. dancing
23. parking lot dance parties
24. a dependable car
25. air fresheners
26. photographs
27. hugs
28. kisses
29. inside jokes
30. Grandma
31. Oma
32. flowers wrapped in brown paper
33. irons so my clothes don't look all wrinkley
34. songs that bring back memories
35. EFY
36. Washington, DC
37. fresh produce, even in the winter months
38. a bachelor's degree
39. music
40. family reunions
41. my Savior
42. visiting teachers
43. medicine
44. miracles
43. piano
44. running
43. singing
44. space heaters
45. surprises
46. good movies
47. sunshine, especially through the clouds
48. rainbows
49. my students
50. Utah football
51. classes at the gym
52. vacations to new places
53. vacations to remembered places
54. my phone
55. trying new restaurants
56. a lamp on my bedside table
57. going to bed early
58. a couch in my living room
59. my apartment
60. trials that stretch me and help me find an eternal perspective
61. supportive friends at school
62. the chance to work on my master's degree
63. a church close to my home
64. Diet Coke ;)
65. the washer and dryer in my apartment
66. art museums
67. the Holy Ghost
68. my iHome
69. my hair
70. notes from my sisters
71. Sunday dinners with the family
72. family traditions
73. my Mom's cooking - and the leftovers she dishes up for me
74. Temple Square
75. mountains
76. post-it notes
77. my computer
78. consignment shops
79. trees
80. flower beds
81. the Bible and all the standard works
82. living prophets
83. the Ensign
84. letters in the mailbox
85. living close to work
86. warm wool coats
87. bicycles
88. naps
89. notes left on my car
90. pretty things
91. history
92. birthday parties
93. game nights
94. happy coincidences
95. achieving goals
96. teaching
97. talents
98. cupcakes
99. good neighbors
100. life
What are you grateful for?
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