Happy Thanksgiving!

I want to share my gratefuls! It is so wonderful to be so abundantly blessed and I want to share ...

1. Thanks for reading my blog ... my friend's son wrote a thankful letter and said it's pointless to write it if nobody reads it! well, Eric, I agree! So thank you dear reader!

2. I am grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ! My heart is filled with joy at its truth and the strength it holds!

3. I am grateful for my testimony!I know that God lives! I know that Jesus is my Savior! I know my prayers are heard ... and answered!I know that Joseph Smith is a true Prophet ...I also know that Thomas S Monson is a true prophet...I am grateful for his service! I know the book of Mormon is the word of God and I find strength in the teachings therein ... as with other scripture.

4. I am grateful for my church leaders ...my bishop and his ric (the bishopric)and my stake presidency ...they serve so selflessly and I am grateful for their families and the sacrifice they have to make for the service their husbands and fathers give!

5. I am grateful for my family. I don't know if they will ever know what they mean to me. I count on them ... lean on them ...laugh at them...laugh with them...find strength in their love and love them all more than I could ever express! They make my heart happy ...the whole crazy lot of them! :o)

6. I am grateful for my friends! They, too, make my heart happy! When the lonely in my life gets way too loud...I know that I can count on all my friends!

7. I am grateful for my cat! She's my little princess and she knows it! And I know she is grateful for my opposible thumbs!

8. I am grateful for my home ... for my washer and dryer ...for showers and a warm bed! For Lucy, my car and all the things that make life easier!

9. I am grateful for indoor plumbing!!

10. I am grateful for public restrooms! Especially when they are clean!

11. I am grateful for my job! It makes paying the bills so much easier!

12. I am grateful for the temple ..

13. I am grateful for the priesthood!

14. I am grateful for music!

15. I am grateful for laughter, joy and love and peace!

16. I am gratful for my journal ... and that I can write!

17. I am grateful for all my talents!

18. I am grateful for other's talents especially the ones they share! That way I can read good books, listen to good music ...watch good TV ...THANKS!

19. I am grateful for humor!

20. I an grateful for new adventures!

21. I am grateful for memories! They make me who I am ... the good and the bad ...the happy and the sad!

22. I am grateful for a sunrise ...a sunset and the beautiful mountains I love!

There are so many, many thing I am blessed with ... too many to continue to name ( I may bore you to tears) but, none more important than a Heavenly Father who loves me enough to send His son to give me everything I would never be able to have on my own ... and for His Son ... who was willing to give it all for me! My heart is full of gratitude for such a pure, uncoditional love!