Give Thanks

Thanksgiving is the ONE time a year that most people set aside to actually put their focus on what they are grateful for. Usually it's the obligatory friends and family and roof over their head blah blah blah. Then on black friday they go out and forget to be thankful for what they HAVE and focus on what they WANT. How backwards is that, right? So, Scott and I have decided to express our gratitude for the every day things. The things we take for granted. What would it look like if we spent all year focused on our thankfulness and then only ONE day focusing on what we want? It's a pretty revolutionary thought, if I do say so myself. So I've decided to list a few things here that I'm thankful for. Scott and I have also decided that weekly (probably on our date night) we will verbalize to one another what we are thankful for.
-the coffee that Scott brings to my bed every morning and then takes Miss B out on a walk so I can have an extra 20 minutes of sleep
-the extra 20 minutes of sleep:)
-holiday socks
-snuggle nights with my Love
-hugs and kisses from my baby girl
-my parents living so close to us and getting to share in our child-raising
-having found my soulmate, my true love so young in life and experiencing everything with him
-my faith in God
-manicures and pedicures
-living on the beach and seeing the waves every day
-having a husband who's willing to fly away with me
-really good books
-having a job where I can use my creativity
-seeing the world through a new perspective in the eyes of my child
-chai lattes with soy from Starbucks
-Sunday night soup and Miercoles Mexican in our house and other "theme nights" we come up with
-craft nights with my girlfriends
-my book club friends
Once you start the thankfulness list, the possibilities are endless. What are you grateful for? Let's start a backwards thinking society.