My Thankful List & A Blog Hop

 In the midst of the chaos, I want to make sure I remember what I am thankful for. Sometimes the smallest things are enough to get you through.

• Jesus' love for me and His forgiveness. No matter what I do, He is the one who never turns his back.
• Cold weather.
• Piper Annabelle. Even though I have immense guilt in not being able to give her the attention she needs right now with my work schedule, if one good thing came from Michael & I being married...it was her.
• Stranger friends. Like sister wives...but not. My stranger friends are folks on Twitter, my blog, Facebook, etc. People who I may never meet but show me immense support. You can be friends with someone for years and yet a stranger shows you more love than they do.
• In the end when I was struggling, God showing me precisely why I needed to walk away.
• Trader Joes Inside Out Carrot Cake Cookies
• Trader Joes Kennebunkport Blueberry Wheat Ale
• Trader Joes. Just plain Trader Joes.
• Music that brings me back to a time when all was well in the world.
• That I have a cruise to look forward to in a few weeks. So incredible.
• That I've lived to see my 26th birthday. Some aren't so lucky.
• That I was blessed with a relationship that while it tore every inside of my being apart, it taught me lessons and made me a stronger person. Well, it WILL make me a stronger person.
• I'm thankful I learned what it was like to love someone in uniform and stand by them through a deployment. I feel there is no greater kind of love than the ones that make you sacrifice yourself.
• I'm thankful for having a great roommate who has great, fun friends.
• I'm thankful I get to live in a nice, beautiful house in a nice, beautiful neighborhood.
• I'm thankful for friends who give me whiskey shots when I need them :)
• I'm thankful for the tears. Each and every one of them.
• I'm thankful for the show Army Wives. I know, lame...but it's honestly a good show.
• I'm thankful for the rain.

What are you guys thankful for? Join in the blog hop I've started. I'll leave it open for a whole week, until midnight on April 7th. Take some time to reflect on what's important to you. Make a blog post and post the link here in the blog hop. Don't forget to share the hop info on your blog :)