Things I am Thankful For:

*To have an education
*To have the plethora of best friends that I have, friends that get me, that I get, and that get life; friends that I can be myself with, friends that I have a mutual relationship with in terms of inspiring one another and making each other laugh.
*To be able to laugh at just about anything.
*That everyone has their own unique laugh.  (okay, I'll get off the laughing kick now)
*To have a sister who is my best friend and who is genuine and true to herself at such a young age, to a sister who listens to what I have to say, to a beautiful sister who looks up to me as a role model and to whom I do the same.
*To have a mother (my post-foster care guardian, technically) who cares about me to an inexplicable degree (although she manifests it in overly protective and concerned ways sometimes).
*To be able to have people in my life that are willing to listen to the truth, and speak some of their own truth with a lyrically logical essence to it.
*That my three best friends at college (including the one who graduated over a year ago) are coming to visit me in Portland, and are wanting to stay for at least two weeks.
*That this town is full of beautiful strangers that I get to talk to everyday.
*My slow growing collection of gemstones, just cause I dig their energy and I'm into that sort of thing...and I think they are pretty.
*That my father grows medical marijuana.
*That I like his fiancee, and she likes me.
*That the child I nanny for can't get enough of me, which makes our time spent together beautiful instead of trying.
*To be a niece of a beautiful girl!
*That I am still close with my best friend from 4th grade, who was there for all the hard times.
*That I am going up to Washington to see her this weekend!
*That I have crocheting hooks, books, and sewing needles.
*That my sister and I share a room, because its straight up fun.
*That I have found a beautiful park to spend my "me time" in that is close to both home and work, and that I can still have some alone time, even if it doesn't total very much it is sufficient.
*That we humans are able to be both rational and imaginative creatures. 
*That human language even exists!  (seriously, just think about how absurd it is and complex language is even though it is all based on different variations of sound and mouth movements; though some would say it was inevitable, it is still regardless some sort of a miracle.

And that is all I have for today.  Im pretty thankful for Gaia too, actually.

I hope everyone has a beautiful day, that the sun bursts through your window in the morning and gently shakes you into wakefulness with a smile on your lips and the word "love" itching to escape your throat a million times.