Thankful

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I can not tell you how incredibly excited I am to finally be able to spend the holidays with my family. Many people don't know this about me but for the past seven years I have been unhappily but sometimes happily in retail management. This is actually the first year in a long time that I will be able to hear my dad say Happy Tainsgiving (Thanksgiving) in person. I also plan on eating too much and having wine without worrying about getting up early to help some old lady pick out something for someone that I could care less about! (I kid but not really). I was once so ashamed of telling people, especially people in the music industry that I had a 9-5 or even that I had a degree sitting on the shelf collecting dust. I look back at how incredibly narcissistic it was to think that way. The good Lord blessed me with a great job this year (not in retail) and the ability to fly home without putting a dent in my savings and as tiny as it may seem for some, It is the highlight of my life at the moment. This year, coupled with last year has really taught me the importance of being around people that love you and wish you well with nothing in return. The last few weeks alone have taught me that time is important as we can't get that back. I've been really hard on myself lately beating myself up over mistakes and questioning why God put certain people in my life. As a matter of fact my second meltdown of the year happened just last night. I was angry, hurt, confused and saddened by the actions of myself as well as the actions of the person that I clearly hurt but in return they hurt me back tenfold. I called on one of the better friendships that I had cultivated over the years. Good ol Keisha. She reminded me that "this too shall pass." It took me an hour or two to really process how powerful her words were. When I removed my hurt I realized that I was grateful, thankful and I almost felt indebted to her for showing love and kindness in a world where unforgiveness plagues many. I may not be 110 percent healed from the hurt that was done but I can see healing and growth in knowing that some situations will forever be yesterdays and my better days are ahead of me. That small situation caused me to think about all of the things that are going correctly so here they are: I'm thankful for my family, I'm thankful that my car is almost paid off, I'm thankful for my current job seeing me as an asset and praising my skills, I'm thankful for this blog, I'm thankful for my book and the ability to creatively write any and everything, I'm thankful for learned lessons (old and current), I'm thankful for my future children and their hopes and dreams that are already fulfilled because God said so, I'm thankful that my weight gain went mostly to my hips and butt, I'm thankful for my home, I'm thankful for God for keeping me safe. There is sooo much more to be thankful for but I will spare you all.. My question is this.. what are you thankful for?