Time for change

So, here we are again, in November. I usually can't stand this month. People say "November" and my brain goes "ughhhh". December? Oh, I love December. I love Christmas. I love the sounds, the sights, the smells, the spirit of giving and compassion that seems to abound during that one time of year. I love the nativity scenes, and re-discovery that God was born in a barn, and the magic. I love everything about Christmas. But do you know that I hated Thanksgiving? That was the holiday I just wanted to get through. I didn't want to go anywhere or do anything, I just wanted to act like it was another day. I used to volunteer to work open to close on Thanksgiving, and it only got worse when I found out, Thanksgiving day, that my Nana had died. Ohh, then I reallllllly hated November. Nothing good ever happened in November. Nothing exceptionally good has happened in November as of yet, either. But this year, I think that just maybe it's time to remember what it's there for. Forget the food, forget the football. I have the ability to walk. I can see the beautiful colors, I can hear the sounds of music and nature. I can understand and think for myself. I live in a country where I have freedom. I have a wonderful mom and sister, and tons more extended family. I had nine great years with my dad, and twenty with my grandparents. I have three absolutely beautiful, wonderful, and amazing neices that can make everything okay just with a hug. I have a church, and a God that is absolutely unbeatable. I have a Daddy that's never stopped holding me. I have Andy. I have Jon and Tammy, Shawne and Marshall, Focal Point, my dogs, my job, my bed, my computer and internet that lets me write this. I have clothes, other than what I'm wearing. By world standards, that makes me rich.

Don't take anything for granted. Enjoy your November.

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