12 Things of Thanksgiving

   Thanksgiving is tomorrow.

   I'm going to admit that 99% of the time, I forget to be thankful. It's so easy to forget, and sometimes hard to do. It's difficult to be thankful when you don't understand how truly blessed you are. So I'm gonna write up a little list. It's gonna be cliche in parts, but I don't care :)

Oh dear. Yea. Don't mind my insane beauty in this picture...

1. God.   I can't lie. If I didn't have God, my life would be worthless, pointless, and wasted. For some crazy reason, in His whole grand scheme, God decided to bring me into His plans! It's humbling and awe-inspiring and totally worth my giving thanks for. Thank you God for... You!
2. Family.   Well, that's not cliche. But seriously. As crazy, annoying, loud, and childish my family is, I have to thank God for them. There are kids out there with no family of any sort, no parents to say "I love you", no brothers or sisters to fight with, no grandparents to tell the stories of their youth, no insane uncles to perform magic tricks. I pray that this Thanksgiving, those kids would feel the love God has for them, and know they're not alone. My dad's side of the family are redneck hicks and my mom's side are New Jersey folk. I get the best of both worlds... maybe the worse... I'm not sure...
3. Friends.   I warned you this would be cliche. I know some of the weirdest, craziest people alive - and I love them to death. I don't believe there are people more nutty in the world than the people I hang out with. Words can't describe their insanity, kindness, daredevilish, sweet selves. This Thanksgiving, several of them are scattered around the country, even the world! So I'm praying for their safety and happiness.
4. Snow.   Okay, so right now, I ain't got no snow. But if I did, I'd be extremely grateful for it. *hinthint, God* Because I love snow. Snowballs, snowmen, snow angels, snow forts, snow sledding, snowfights... ya know... which brings me to my next point.
5. Pennsylvania.   This is the only state I know of that has the weather of every extremity out there. We get the blooming hot summer, the floody springs and falls, and the brutally snowy winters. It's nuts. One day it's 70 out, the next it's 40 (that's not an exaggeration. It was literally 70 on Sunday, and the next day it dropped down to 40. Nutty, I'm telling you.)
6. Music.   If you haven't already acknowledged my love for music, please do so now. I have a passion for music. It's spectacular. It can provoke any emotion and bring it to its apex with just a simple combination of musical notes. Without the music in Titanic or Edward Scissorhands, I probably wouldn't cry every time I watch those movies. (Don't tell anyone I cry. I have my reputation, you know.) And since I'm not a very emotional person, and music is the only thing left in the world to spark my feelings and set them aflame, it makes me love music even more.
7. A House.   Once again, slightly cliche, but it must be so. Without a house, there is no way I'd be able to live through the winters of Pennsylvania. (I mean, one year, the ground had 4 inches of ice frozen onto it - the whole winter. No lie.) No place to open presents Christmas morning. No place to call my own. I am extremely grateful for my home. 
8. Books.   Oh my. Books. It's sad, but I've slowly started to grow away from them. It seems impossible, but it's true. I've been reading since I was 4 years old and I haven't stopped yet. I read Alice's Adventures In Wonderland when I was 8 years old, and it's still my favorite book ever. I've read it countless times, and the story fills me with awe to this day. During those years of my life, I'd stay up till the late hours of night, reading. My eyes would start to close, but I was so captivated with the story I couldn't stop. Most times I would be so intrigued, that although I would tell myself I'd stop at the next chapter, I wouldn't notice when the next chapter began because I was so focused. Eventually I'd fall asleep with my lamp still on and the book still in my hand, resting by my side. Books enabled me to travel when I rarely left my room. They brought the impossible things to life, because no one else ever could. 
9. Memories.   If you think about it, we wouldn't be ourselves without our memories. The bad and the good, past events mold us into what we are today. If we couldn't remember them, we wouldn't have a self. You wouldn't be you. I wouldn't be me. I remember so many wonderful, terrible, pointless, important moments of my life, and I don't believe I would trade any of them for anything.
10. Food.   Yea. I have to admit it. I would be dead if not for food. And although it's usually my enemy, I still love it. Love-hate relationships. You know. So many children around the world won't have a turkey tomorrow - or anything to fill their empty stomachs. I pray they have hope brought into their hearts tomorrow, if just for a brief moment to keep them going for years to come.
11. Lists.   Without a list, my day doesn't usually go so well. (I guess that would explain the past month of accomplishing nothing my life.) But they come in so many forms. Lists of the good, like this one; lists of the bad, which we all have; lists to organize, for a day, to give you some peace; lists to plan, for crazy wonderful events of the holidays; lists to prepare, for anything; lists to pack, for those last minutes trips to an unknown adventure.
12. Thanksgiving.   Without this holiday, I don't think I'd remember to be thankful as much as I do with it. And unfortunately, even with this day, I still forget what it's about most of the time. We get caught up in the commercialism of it all. The turkey. The cranberry sauce. Black Friday. The last holiday before Christmas. So as horribly cliche as this sounds (saying it sounds cliche is really cliche... I think I got that from Pam... how cliche...), really, truly try to thank God for all the things you have. Remember those who don't have as much - maybe help them out. You can never do too much.

Anyway, if you so please, link up below and tell me your 12 Things of Thanksgiving! Or 5 things... or 20 things...  I'd love to know what you're grateful for! Be as cliche as you like - I won't mind ;)

Cheers♥

Yea, so I was having problems inserting things into the post with the whole list thing going on. Listen to this and be amazed. I've watch it like 5 times and I'm still in awe. Oh my.