(thank)full heart.

Thanksgiving is upon us. There are very few things i love more than the Holiday Season, and there a very few things that i love more than telling everyone just how much i love them.

Though, sometimes I worry that words start becoming empty when used too often. Still, my heart has a big mouth.

I am super jazzed to go back the pride land (Read: Green Bay) and spend time with my family doing nothing but watching tv, playing card games i will mostly likely lose, laughing, and eating. i'll do a lot eating.

I could give you a laundry list of things that I'm thankful for that include good health, and family and friends, and living in a beautiful city. While all those things are true, the thing i am MOST thankful for  this year is Faithfulness.

Faithfulness? really? Well, yes.

I am thankful that i have a Faithful God. A God who provides. gives me my daily bread, answers prayers and keeps his promise about having big plans for me, who actively pursues my heart every.single.day.

I'm thankful for the faithfulness of my friends. Who even when I've said awful things, or been self-centered, or been a Grade A Drama Queen continue to love me. support me. help me, and tell me the truth. Now, i don't know quite how to articulate how much of a big deal this is, but it is. Being an OC, i have no idea what it is like to have siblings, but through these lovely people i get a sneak peak.

And then there is faithfulness from my family, who is not without flaws, but i doubt I could be loved more fiercely by anyone. They love me in a way that is literally incomprehensible to me. After all the times i've fallen on my face, been home sick, gotten "brilliant ideas" that are short lived, they are still the most supportive people i have ever known. They have taught me how to be a true woman of God.

The faithfulness of my mentors and people in my community who put their faith in me to be a leader/a learner and an active participant. is beautiful. The things i have learned from them because to their faithfulness and diligence have been priceless. The most important think i learn from them every day is how to abide and have strong faith. Gah. i love them.

Apparently, it takes  village to make sure this 20-something don't fall apart, and I definitely do not make it easy. I love my village with my entire heart.

That being said, I am thankful for stumbles, and conflicts, and trials because it's through those things that i understand resolution, diligence, hard work, honesty, love  and above all, faithfulness.

I am so thankful.