Thankful November 10&11

November 10: Running

I am so grateful that I am able to run and exercise.  I am grateful that I have a healthy body and feel very blessed to have a place to run and look at all the beauty that surrounds me.  I am grateful for all of my siblings health and parents.  I am grateful for my will power to exercise and for being concerned for my health.  I am grateful for my mom, for being a great example of being healthy and exercising.  

November 11: My Dad

Today my dad had to leave on a business trip to North Dakota.  I am so grateful for all of his hard work and for his time he sacrifices for our family.  I am very grateful that Heavenly Father blesses him while he is gone and always returns him home safely.  I am very grateful for my dad's job and for his great example of hard work.  I love him so much and I am extremely grateful for my dad.  

Thankful November 8&9

November 8: Friends

Today, I am so grateful for my friends.  They all strengthen my testimony and inspire me to do good!  I am so grateful that I am able to have a bunch of wonderful friends who are active in the church.  They help me when I need someone most, sometimes they don't even realize they are helping me.  I am grateful for all of their support and for their concerns about how I am doing. Heavenly Father has blessed me with amazing friends and I am truly thankful.  

November 9: School

I am so grateful for school, even though I don't like going sometimes.  I am grateful that I am able to get an education and pursue in my major.  I am also grateful that I am able to have a job and go to school so I can pay for my own schooling.  I really do enjoy learning and I am grateful that I am able to learn something new each day.  

Thankful November 6 & 7

November 6: My mom's ability to listen and comfort.
No matter how stressed my mom is or how late it is, she will ALWAYS sit down and listen to you.  She is the most comforting person I know.  I am so grateful for her kindness and selflessness.  Thank you mom for listening to me and always helping me feel 100 times better.  I love you!

November 7: My job.
I have such a great job!  It works out perfect with my schedule and I am very grateful I am able to have a job and go to school at the same time.  It has been such a blessing in my life to have this job.

Thankful November #5

As I was on my way to school I was a little stressed.  Probably because I was running late and I wasn't able to go running after work.  So, I decided to put in my EFY 2009 soundtrack.  I made it a goal a few weeks ago to only listen to this CD (since it is the only church cd I own), for that whole week.  I realllly liked it!  It calmed me down and I knew I had the spirit with me each day of that week.  Since it had helped me then, I thought it would help me now.  And, of course it did!  Right before I got to school, I saw four missionaries!  It made me so happy.  I wanted to scream and shout to them, "I love you guys!  Thank you so much for all your hard work!"  and of course it got me visualizing Colton out their riding a bike trying to spread the gospel. That is when I decided how grateful I am for missionaries.  I am so grateful for their hard work and for serving the Lord.  It is so courageous of them to leave all their worldly actions and thoughts to serve the Lord.  Thank you missionaries!  You are in my prayers.  

Thankful November #4

Today, I am grateful for the opportunity to fast.  I have always been grateful for this blessing we have to fast for something very important to us.  It is very hard for me to fast sometimes but this past year, I get really excited for fast sundays because I know it is a time where I can really focus on something or someone and receive blessings from it.  Today I bore my testimony.  I surprisingly do it quite often.  Something about sharing my love for this gospel attracts me.  I love talking about the gospel and how much it has blessed my life.  Standing up there and sharing my testimony is the happiest place I could be.  I have seen the blessings in my life that come from fasting.  I have realized that faith is a key to fasting.  Today I fasted for a very special thing and I have all the faith that Heavenly Father won't let me down (like he ever lets me down).

Thankful November 1-3

I decided to try and write down each day throughout the month of November, everything I am thankful for.  I have so many things to be grateful for and I feel that writing them down, it will help me realize that much more of all my many blessings! 

November 1: Family

My family is the most precious thing that Heavenly Father has blessed me with.  Each day I pray thanking Heavenly Father for blessing me with such a loving and supportive family.  It brings me to tears of how incredibly blessed I am for my family!  It makes me feel selfish in a way, that I take my family for granted too often.  

Dad: One day I will marry someone exactly like you.  You carry all the traits I want in a husband.  Thank you for going out of your way and working so hard for this family.  Thank you for your humor and kindness you give to others.  Thank you for treating mom like a princess and showing me how to love. Thank you for giving me someone I can look up to each day.

Mom: You are the strongest person I know.  I would be so honored to grow into such a beautiful and loving mother like you.  Thank you for your tears you have shed for this family, and thank you for giving up so much and suffering so we (your children) can live a wonderful, happy life.  Thank you for giving me someone I can look up to each day. 

Wesley:  It's crazy how much we are so much a like, it's a compliment for me:)  Thank you for your intelligence, I have always loathed your determination towards anything you want to do or become.  Thank you for your beautiful music you share with the family.  Thank you for giving me someone I can look up to each day. 

Kaylie:  You are everything a sister needs and wants.  I am so grateful that Heavenly Father gave me you as a sister.  Who I am today is a lot because I had you to watch grow up and see your examples, and how they all unfolded into the beautiful, loving, and spiritual women you are today. Thank you for giving me someone I can look up to each day.

Preston: You are such a wonderful brother-in-law!  Thank you for loving Kaylie and treating her with he respect that she deserves.  Thank you for stealing her away from me, I hope you enjoy being with her as much as I do ;) Thank you for working hard and being an example to me. Thank you for giving me someone I can look up to each day.

Little Ezra:  Thank you for being so strong!  I am so grateful that Heavenly Father brought you into this life, and in the hands of my Sister and Preston.  Thank you for showing me how innocent people are and to not judge others. Thank you for showing me how precious people can be in others lives.  Thank you for giving me someone I can look up to each day. 

I love you all so much! 


November 2: Colton :)

Colton, thank you for your friendship and love.  Thank you for accepting my weaknesses and thank you for helping me strengthen them.  Thank you for helping your family and mine when they are in a time of need.  You have been such a great example to me through all your hard work!  Thank you for helping me up when I am down.  Thank you for listening to me when I simply need someone to talk to.   Most of all Colton, thank you for your example in the church and for holding the priesthood, for your testimony, and for being my best friend :) I love you Colton! 


November 3: The Gospel 

My favorite piece I have done

I don't even know how to express how grateful I am for this gospel.  I know with all my heart, that this is the true church.  I am grateful for my faith and for the power of prayer.  I don't know what I would do without prayer.  Each day this gospel has blessed me every step I take.  I am so grateful for my family raising me in this church.  I love this gospel so much and I know I would be weak without it.  Heavenly Father has shown me how to have eternal happiness, and that I will forever be grateful for. 

Stress

Lately I have been super stressed about knowing when Colton will be leaving.  I wish he would get his call right now so I can know when exactly he will be leaving.  Right now I have been telling myself, "I only have two more months with him!" and it makes me really sad, but actually I could have like six months with him!  I hate not knowing because it is playing with my emotions.  I called my mom this morning telling her my situation and she comforted me and told me that Heavenly Father knows what is best for the both of us and he will send Colton out when he knows Colton and even I will be ready.  It did comfort me and I am so grateful for my mom and friends who have been helping me through this, it just gets me thinking AGAIN that I think i'm going through him leaving right now when I could still have six to seven more months with him and then I'll have to go through all of this again.... I just need to not stress and think more about having faith.

"Be of good cheer. The future is as bright as your faith." 
- Thomas S. Monson