The things I’m
thankful for… there are so many… I already know I will forget some, but here
goes…in no specific order…(like the beauty pageants)
1. I’m
thankful to call Lincolnton my home.
This is more than a house to me… it is home. Just about everything of importance in my
life happened in this small town.
2. I’m thankful for my parents. I’m thankful for their honesty and their
loyalty. I never once doubted how they
felt about things I was doing in my life…and I never once doubted that they
would always have my back in any situation.
3. I’m thankful for my brothers… they love me…
they still pick on me and tell me my butt is big… and I talk too much… and I do
this and that wrong… but we talk… I realize how lucky I am to have that
relationship with them. I couldn’t ask
for better nephews and nieces too!
4. I’m thankful for the girls I grew up with…
I couldn’t have lived life without wanting to be with them every day… I wanted
to a great cheerleader like Connie, have Tara’s personality, be tall like
Nikki, be quick-witted like Amy, be pretty like Lisa, sing like Lawana… I was
also lucky enough to love being around Ben and Jamie all the time… they saved me
many a night in Statesboro!
5. I’m thankful for Mark’s family… they make
me laugh until I cry… and I really think somewhere along the way we are all kin
because we think too much alike!
6. I’m thankful for God’s grace… He has given
me way more than I deserve. I have two
beautiful children who aren’t perfect… but in my eyes… they are the best! Refer back to #2…I do the same thing to
them!
7. I’m thankful for Mark… that boy I met 21
years ago amazes me every day… I love that he protects our family of four…wants
to make memories with just us… and truly cherishes the little bit of time we
have together. I also love him for
letting us move back to LC! I used to
think it was corny to renew vows… but wow…after having children…those vows I said…
I had no idea how true they were at that moment… I need to say them again! Maybe Hawaii???
8. I’m thankful I moved away for eleven
years. I met the sweetest friends on
earth. I learned to survive on my
own. I learned to appreciate the good
life back at home. And most importantly,
I learned that life goes on in other places besides LC. I couldn’t have survived without Staci
Howard, Wendi Lawson, and Donna Hembree… you were my stand-in mamas while Mark
traveled…. KB wouldn’t be who she is today without ya!
9. I’m thankful for simple things… walking the
streets of Nashville this week…and being in San Diego and New York this year… I
realized that simple things aren’t common… electricity, food, clothes… I am
blessed… I know it! I’m also glad my
children have seen it… they know there is poverty.
10. I’m thankful for family. I thankful my granddaddy was a mayor, school
board chairman, and post office worker (
I learned I can do more than one job at a time). I am thankful I am named after my
grandmother… I hated my name growing up… Rachel… ugh… but I’m proud and I smile
when people call me Boo now! I ‘m also
proud of my big butt and legs… and fat hands… Granny will never be gone as long
as I am alive. I’m not happy with my
skin that is just like James’s, but I am still proud to have a part of him in
me.
11. I’m thankful for new friends… friends that
love facebook as much as me…they just don’t update like I do. Friends who are willing to drop anything to
help me. Friends who treat my children
like their own. Friends who know when I
need someone…and when I need to be by myself.
12. Finally, I’m thankful for challenges… as
hard as it is to write… I am! I learn so
much from them. I’ve learned to bite my
tongue, not judge until you wear someone’s shoes, and find that silver lining
in everything I do. I’m still looking
for that silver lining in the cloud that is over me right now… my Edu.
Specialist degree graduate work that is taking up the majority of my
Thanksgiving Holidays… but I know it will show up… it has to… It always
does!
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