Thanksgiving is one of my favorite Holidays! I love being able to spend quality time with my family, playing games, watching football, and eating AMAZING food. However, I also love Thanksgiving because it is a time where you can really be thankful for everything you have in life, even the little things that we tend to take for granted.

Of course I am thankful for my family and all they do for me. I am thankful for their constant encouragement and for always putting up with me. I am thankful for Jesus, for ALWAYS loving me, even when I falter. I am also thankful for all of my friends who have stuck by my side.

But, even deeper than that, I am thankful for the little joys throughout the day which I usually take for granted:

I am thankful for the daily good morning texts from my parents, showing that they always care. I am thankful for the cat updates I get from my brother.

I am thankful for the multiple funny posts my sister tags me in to brighten my day. I am thankful for the sunshine.

I am thankful for the cashiers who tell me to have a nice day. I am thankful for the friend who walks with me from class to my room, just to keep me company.

I am thankful for the butterflies that seem to appear, flying around me as I am lost in thought, reminding me to live in the present and to be happy.

I am thankful for hearing a song the other day that reminded me of my Gramps.

I am thankful for amazing mentors who believe in me.

I am thankful for new friends for texting me silly things to make me life.

I am thankful for the sunshine, and for the rain.

I am thankful for the beautiful fall weather that has finally come.

I am thankful for all the little things, the good and the bad, because life is wonderful.

There are so many things to be thankful for. Don’t take the little things for granted.