Gratitude: the best attitude

Hope everyone had a 

family filled, 

turkey loving, 

memory making, 

cozy cold 

Thanksgiving! 

I really enjoyed the time with my family!

This year it was different because all of my siblings and their families

usually come for the week. However, 

they will be coming for 2 lovely

weeks at Christmastime 

this year! 

I cannot wait. 

So on Thanksgiving day, my parents and I 

settled down at our 6 person dining room table and had a Thanksgiving feast,

with just the 3 of us. It was the first time our family 

has ever celebrated the holiday 

without our whole family. 

We still enjoyed the food and the company though! 

You bet, all made from scratch.

Dinner rolls, made by Yours Truly

White-grape and Cherry juice!

 Home made food and good company weren't the only 

things that made my Thanksgiving.

This year marked one whole year since I started my Attitude of Gratitude journal. 

Last Thanksgiving my friend Stacey and I decided that we wanted to do these journals for a whole year. From one Thanksgiving to the other! Every day we

would write down something we were thankful for 

that day and journal about it.

Nothing too elaborate or long, just a quick little thought. 

I am seriously so glad that I started that journal and wrote in it every day for a whole year! 

It has been so awesome, made me happier, and more 

grateful for a Father in Heaven. It really helped me to stop and think about what 

happened throughout my day. 

Honestly, sometimes it was hard to just choose one thing to be grateful for. 

Here are some of my favorite/most remembered entries: 

Day 35 - "I'm grateful for friends. It's nice to know that someone is there for you, who loves you for you. I feel so blessed to have so many great friends."

Day 121 - "I'm grateful for the earth. I went hiking at 7 Bridges today and it was so gorgeous. I think it's good to get away from all of the distractions of life once in a while, and nature is a great place to go." 

Day 175 - "I'm grateful for education. I graduated today! I'm grateful for all that I've learned and been able to grow from."

Day 294 - "I'm grateful for dress up days. It rained all day today so I put on my rain boots and coat and scarf and splashed in some puddles! The rain is so magical."

Day 350 - "I'm grateful that I decided to do this journal. I was just now looking back on some of the entries, and I realized I'm grateful for so many things. God has truly blessed me."

Anyway, this journal has been so much fun and a real blessing. I hope 

that my children and their children will read 

my gratitude journal and be inspired to write one of their own. And that 

they will know just how much we truly have to be grateful for. 

Give thanks this season! :)