I challenge everyone who reads this to participate in this challenge on Facebook: Age = Number of things you are grateful for. Let's fill Facebook, and other social media sites, with love and joy. SHARE this article to SHARE the merriment. This year I turned twenty, so in honor of being two decades old, here are twenty things I am thankful for this holiday season:

1. My hardworking & hilarious dad

2. My step-mom for filling our home with laughter and loud sneezes

3. That my sister & I's relationship got better when I moved out

4. That my dog has kidney stones, not cancer

5. My Meme's stubbornness & volunteering heart

6. FaceTime, for allowing my fiancé & I to talk during his deployment

7. That I get two Thanksgiving meals (perks of being engaged)

8. My two wonderful best friends since the 7th grade

9. Starbuck's peppermint mochas

10. Bookstores & libraries

11. That I found my future husband so early on in life (sure made life easier)

12. That I am somehow am finishing college in two years

13. Public school teachers

14. Oklahoma State University (go pokes!)

15. Our country's military & first responders

16. That Hillary isn't president

17. The Green Bay Packers (despite their terrible season)

18. My extended family, stretching from Alaska to Washington D.C.

20. Reba's heavenly voice