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HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Count your blessings because you never know how long you'll have them.

Sabrina Pauline Williams

Nov 29, 2016

Columbia International University

Dancing Cripples

1. God

After the toughness of the last four and a half years, I've never been more grateful for God. I have always been grateful for God, but these past years have brought me closer to Him because I've experienced His love, grace, and forgiveness personally. I know I can't survive life without Him. He is the one who has given me all that I am grateful for.

2. Family

I'm especially grateful for my family because they have been going through most of the same hardships I have. We have definitely had our share of fights, but in the end, we still love each other and have each other's backs. They are one of the many gifts God has given me.

3. Friends

When I moved to college, I gained more friends at one time than I've had my whole life. I've also fought with these friends and lost a few, but I believe that God gave me some of these friends at the right time. I couldn't have survived my first semesters at college without them.

4. Columbia International University

Going to CIU was just another gift that God gave me. If I hadn't been at CIU my first semester, I don't think I would still be alive. I'm grateful for the atmosphere, the people, the professors, and the classes at CIU. I thought I wasn't returning this semester, but God provided for me to go back, and I wouldn't be happier anywhere else.

5. Reading and Writing

Reading and writing may sound like silly things to be grateful for, but they have helped me cope during a lot my whole life. When I had no friends, I would read books, and it would feel like the characters in the books were my friends. When I am upset about something, I vent by writing about it whether it be through journaling, poetry, short stories, or novels. I consider these gifts that God has given me, and I'm grateful he did.

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