Thankful . . . .

I know it has been a while since I have properly posted anything on here, but that's what happens when it's Thanksgiving and your laptop crashes. Nevertheless, my brain is overloaded of wonderful thanksgiving memories and thoughts.

This Thanksgiving was a compilation of emotions. I was extremely excited that my best friends were coming to town, and yet on the other hand I was so sad because I was not with my family for the holidays. I was jealous (yes, I said jealous), that my sisters, parents and grandparents were in the Norongoro Crater with all the animals for Thanksgiving, and I was stuck in freezing cold Missouri wearing sweaters with homemade turkeys pinned on with safety pins (if you want to know that story ask me later). I was thrilled to spend the entire day with my best friends because I knew that laughter would not be a problem. Yet on the other hand, my heart was heavy because there is just no place like home.

Great food (compliments to the Shirleys), laughter, too much desert, laughter, diet coke, laughter, sitting around the kitchen table on myspace, laughter, prayer meetings in the middle of the kitchen, laughter, laughter, laughter, laughter. Did I mention that we laughed alot? All of these thoughts were going through my head as I drifted off to sleep that night. There was no room for sadness, no room for jealousy, no room for gloominess.

My heart is truly full and overflowing for the people He has placed in my life. He knew from the beginning that I would need an extended family to comfort me on such days as the one mentioned above. I am so grateful for His faithfulness to me! He knows what I need even before it even crosses my mind. I am thankful for the little things that I don't usually notice right away. I am thankful that I am blessed beyond measure!!!