Yes, you. Thank you for reading this post. I am especially thankful for you. Whoever you are. Whether I know you personally (which I am guessing is a 99% possibilty) or you somehow stumbled across this post...(How'd you find us??) I am thankful for you. I am thankful we are able to walk these next few minutes together. Thank you for taking the time to read and experiece my journey for just a little. Even though this always is just a snippet of my life, I hope to bring some enlightenment to you and your day and that you find hope in my joys, laughs, and struggles. But, I'm being thankful on this today. So.. let's share in joy and laughs :) I thought with Thanksgiving being a week and a half away, I would come up with what I was thankful for. Since I am not in school and writing what I am thankful for has not been a lesson for me to do in a while (Carly, are you having your kids do this?), I thought it would be good for me to write this out for myself and for you since it helps me catch you up on how life has been !
1. I am thankful for traveling. I had the most fun traveling to Denver, Colorado and Houston, Tx over this past month. Have you ever been to Colorado before? It was my first time and I could not believe my eyes the entire time. The mountains were so glorious and majestic. There was even snow on the ground in the mountains in Breckenridge. Oh goodness. That town must be the cutest at Christmas. A literal winter wonderland. I want to begin planning my next trip out there... if only my hands were not cold in 80 degree weather in Texas I would want to call Colorado home. I think I would have to wear 20 lbs of extra layers just to stay warm. I don't think the winters there and I would get along. So, spring time? (Carly.. you in ? ;) ) These pictures do not even do the beauty justice.
2. Thankful for family. As I mentioned above, I was able to make the 45 minute flight home to Houston, Tx. I was so excited the entire flight because the weekend was going to be filled with Kristin's birthday, wedding dress shopping for her, time with my brothers, mom and dad, and Alex even made a trip in to celebrate. And alas, Carly King and I did not see each other. She was on her way to Boston! And we originally thought we would be in the same airport overlapping but turns out she was at Hobby and I was at Bush. #thestruggle Things turn out to be pretty funny. Ya know? But, I digress, this is a thankful post after all ;) My family is seriously the best. I have gone through so much with my siblings and it is so humbling to see what God has done and is doing. And to see how there was a plan all along to bring us close together. Matthew and David's comedic acts don't hurt either to laugh at it all. I love them with all my heart and it had been since early June that we had all been together. It was much overdue. And in just over a week we will be together again! Months go by very fast nowadays...
3. Thankful for my dear friends. For my friends here in Dallas and ones that are far by distance, not by heart. Thank you for all the times we have had in the past and present. Thank you for continuing to be there for me and helping me to always become a better me. I love you all to pieces. To go on and on, I could. But you know who you are. And, I am so thankful for you.
4. Thankful for people's good nature in my life. Work has been a funny one, and I could not be more thankful for the two women I am working with right now. We are in a war room and I love the time together to laugh about life, talk about our own very different experiences, and getting to spend time with people throughout the day. There really are so many different paths in life. And whether my path with these women and those at my company will last months or years, it is nice to overlap for this time. We really do have the choice every day to make it the best one based on our attitude and we all have so much power to make another's day by smiling, talking, helping someone late at night, and being patient. You never know what will make another person's day.
5. Thankful for God's unwavering hand in my life. It is so easy for me to forget and overlook, but when I do look closely I know and can see Him guiding me every day in my work, relationships, and my own heart. I am thankful He continues to guide me even if I turn my head or am not seeing clearly what He is wanting to show me during this time in my life.
I am literally at a coffee shop so for that I am thankful. I am pretending you are sitting right across from me on that bench right there >>> Sorry. Hope the sun isn't too hot on your back.
What are you thankful for? I wish I could be talking with you right now. But, whenever you answer that question on your own, I will be pretending you are talking with me. Deal? So, I guess we can be in each other's journey a bit longer. I would like that.
Thanks for sitting across the bistro table from me,
Elizabeth
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