give thanks.

"we must have a pie, stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie."

i'm thankful for our home.  [every time i think about us moving out of our first little house i get a little bit sad.  sure, there are the things i complain about every day, but i love this place.  our first home.  i'll definitely be crying when we move.]

i'm thankful for love.  even though it is sometimes that hardest, it's also the happiest.

i'm thankful for my husband, my parents, my brother, my in-laws, my real family, and my "almost" family. 

i'm thankful for happiness and sunshine.

i'm thankful for my religion, my beliefs, and to know that God loves me.

i'm thankful for all the silly things that make life so convenient.  technology, toilet paper, my car, heaters, iphones, microwaves, plastic bags, a washing machine, the list goes on and on.

i'm thankful for food, and also self-control. ["no treat november" has been hard.]

i'm thankful for a job that i love and those kids that inspire me every day. 

i'm thankful for modern medicine, for communication, for journals, and books.

i'm thankful for learning.

and mostly, i'm thankful for life.