Thankful

Today is my favorite holiday. Thanksgiving is the best time of year to me. Some people say their favorite holiday is their birthday, or Christmas. Christmas is important, for which it is when Jesus was born. But the some of the people who say Christmas is their favorite tends to forget what Christmas is about, and just enjoy it for the new gifts. I have so much to be thankful for. I am thankful for some things in a weird way, and some make perfect sense. Some things people wouldn't think I was thankful for because of my actions, or what I say. I want to try to change that. I want them to see that  yes, I am thankful.

I am thankful for my wonderful family. I don't get to see all of them at once very much, and talk to them ever so often. We are sadly so busy that it is like we forget we have each other sometimes. Today is the day we forget we are so busy, and concentrate on each other. We catch up, eat, and talk about anything and everything.
I am thankful for my wonderful parents. They have been with me through things that I never imagined going through. They do everything they can to support me and my decisions. They have been such a great example for me to follow, even though they would say they have not. But they see the example different than I do. I would not be here if it weren't for them, and I for sure know I wouldn't have come this far, 21 years, if it wasn't for them.
I am thankful for my two little brothers. Yes, we fight, and have fought, a lot, but I love them so much. I don't know what I would do without them. I am so proud of both of them. They are so smart, and loving, even though they don't show it to me so much haha.
I am thankful for the roof over my head that my parents are providing me. No, it is not the prettiest house, nor do we like it, but it is a shelter from the outside. Some people would love to have this shelter, and I am the one who is Blessed with it.
I am thankful for the car that I drive. I hate this car to no end, and anyone who knows me, knows how true that is. But it gets me where I am going. Where I need to go. If it wasn't for my car, I wouldn't have gotten so far in college. I wouldn't have gotten a job. Even though I hate it, I am thankful for it.
I am thankful for the job that I have, and have had for a year and a half. I don't like the people I work with, but if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be working there. I enjoy it because of the people I meet. Some are so great, loving, and I can tell that they love their life. Some are down, sad, or mean, and it makes me upset to know they are not loved, or don't want to be loved like I am.
I am thankful for the place I am living right now. Yes, I would absolutely love to be living somewhere else, but at least I am not in the middle of a crime neighborhood, or in the middle of a war zone.
I am thankful for little things, along with these major things. Music is an expression, and I take it seriously. Listening to music tells how I feel. I use it to express my feelings. When someone is listening to something with me, it is easy to know how I am feeling, or who I am reminded of by a song.
I am thankful for college. I am thankful for the career I want to be in so badly. I am thankful that I am allowed to go to school, to even think about majoring in something. Not everyone is allowed this, what I call a privilege, and I am so thankful that I get this opportunity. 
I am thankful for having everyday necessities. I am thankful for having food on the table every night. I am thankful for having junk food! Not everyone gets to have these things. And it is sad.
Most of all, I am thankful for God, saving us, dying for us, watching over us, blessing us. He really blessed us this year. He leaves my family and I fighting, but I am accepting that this is His plan. I believe this keeps us stronger. I am thankful that I am here. Living. Being blessed by Him with everything that I have.