Happy Thankful Month!

On Thursday I realized it was the first day of November which is a month full of gratitude. I decided I would be really clever and write one thing that I was thankful for on my Facebook status every day for the entire month. I thought that this would be a good way to recognize and express how thankful I am for all of the blessings in my life and it would be fun to share with all of my family and friends. I soon realized that I was not nearly as clever as I thought I was. Apparently this is not a new idea. Mostly all of my Facebook friends had this same idea and my news feed is now full of people being thankful. So, rather than follow the crowd, (which I really hate doing) I thought I would be thankful on my blog instead. Okay, that's probably not actually a super original idea either, but I liked it better.

I have had a huge realization recently of how blessed I am with the people in my life. I have obviously always been thankful for my friends and family, but sometimes it hits you harder than others. The last few months has been one of those times. So, instead of making blog posts of everything that I am thankful for (which really is waaaaaay too much to condense into 30 days of blogging) I have decided that I am just going to talk about who I'm thankful for. That sounds fun yeah?

Disclaimers:
-These people will be thanked in no particular order. I can't prioritize the people that I love.
-These people will not be thanked to the fullest extent that they deserve. Once again, there is way too much to be said than what I can (or want to) write on a simple blog post.
-This will not be an exhaustive list. There really is no way for me to thank every person that I love or who has impacted me in some way. So I will do my best, but just know that this isn't everyone.

Here we go.....