#12 Giving Thanks for Thanksgiving

I absolutely love Thanksgiving and this year was no exception! I went to my grandma's house in Cottonwood Heights (which is right by Salt Lake City), my family from Colorado was there, and the turkey was prime this year more so than in past years! This year was especially special to me because I realize that it'll be my last one before I serve my mission and when I realized that I began to think about how my life is continually changing and how I'll never really go back to "how things used to be" or "things will calm down after -insert stressful event here- is over" but I'm okay with that. The things that are going to be happening in my life are amazing and I know that I'm doing what I'm suppose to be doing right now!

Did I mention that I love my family?!

I love this time of year and for all of the wonderful feelings that people feel and share. There truly is so much to be thankful for! One of my favorite songs is "Thankful" by Josh Groban (do you see where I'm going with this?!) I just wanted to share the lyrics:

Somedays we forgetTo look around us
Somedays we can't see
The joy that surrounds us
So caught up inside ourselves
We take when we should give.
So for tonight we pray for
What we know can be.
And on this day we hope for
What we still can't see.
It's up to us to be the change
And even though we all can still do more
There's so much to be thankful for.
Look beyond ourselves
There's so much sorrow
It's way too late to say
I'll cry tomorrow
Each of us must find our truth
It's so long overdue
So for tonight we pray for
What we know can be
And every day we hope for
What we still can't see
It's up to us to be the change
And even though we all can still do more
There's so much to be thankful for.
Even with our differences
There is a place we're all connected
Each of us can find each other's light
So for tonight we pray for
What we know can be
And on this day we hope for
What we still can't see
It's up to us to be the change
And even though this world needs so much more
There's so much to be thankful for

How can you not be thankful for this?!

I love that song and that perfectly describes my feelings not only during this time of year but all the time! I am so thankful for a loving Heavenly Father who calms my anxious heart and reassures me that everything will be alright in the end because of this I have been able to accomplish a lot not only in my life but this semester specifically. College is CRAZY!!! I wish there could be a slow down button because I'm just wondering where on earth the time has gone this semester! I'm thankful to be here at BYU where I am surrounded by people who love the Lord just as much as I do, and I'm thankful for the knowledge of a eternal family and the perspective that gives me in my daily life! When I get discouraged and down on myself I remember the love of my family and it keeps me going, so this Thanksgiving I am so thankful for family and the Plan of Salvation that it was created for. There is nothing I want more in my life than to have an eternal family of my own and raise them in the gospel that I hold so dear to my own heart.