Grateful

I am GRATEFUL!!

1. warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefitsreceived; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.

2. expressing or actuated by gratitude: a grateful letter.

3. pleasing to the mind or senses; agreeable or welcome;refreshing: a grateful breeze.

Today I am grateful for many things. It is a beautiful fall season. And I think it is the richest season of them all. Harvest season. Prelude to Christmas season. Hunting season. The rich color season. And more!

• I am grateful for the sunshine streaming through my window. Though I am afflicted with a gentle cold, I am warm and relaxed.

• I am grateful for my family. Each and everyone one of them is dear to me. Mom, Dad, Holly, Peter, Savannah, Faith, and Hope. My life would not be as rich without every single one of you. I pray that come what may we stick together and grow closer through our trials and our triumphs.
• I am grateful for my roommates. Susie, Lena, and Jeff in the basement. We are a little family. And I love our late gatherings in the kitchen.
• I am grateful that Lena taught me some Russian yesterday. As we visited Pumpkinland. (her first corn maze) And ran errands, I learned to say 'I love you' and 'You are my sunshine' in russian.
• I am grateful for the 5 dates I went on this week. I was kept on my toes all week long, and it was a lot of fun getting to know some new guys.
• I am grateful for my dear cousin Ben. We have grown so close and I love him so much. I am excited to share the hunting adventures with him, and master a skill set together.
• I am grateful for the deer that stubbornly insist on devouring my poor Grantpa's crop; that we received a total of 6 permits this year. That I can master the gutting and butchering of a deer, and put meat in my family's freezers.
• I am grateful to Chase Palfreyman. Though I try to hate him, I am grateful for everything I have learned since knowing him. Hunting, shooting, history, healing, PATIENCE and more. (I'm sure he doesn't read this, so anyone who does, and knows him. Please don't tell him. I'd rather he thinks I've moved on completely and am doing my best to hate him.)
• I am grateful for the scents of fall. For the candles I have burning all the time at home. For the crunchy leaves outside. For the end of season and the drying out in the fields. For the dust. For the cinnamon. For the rain. For the warm blankets out of the dryer. 
• I am grateful for sunflower seeds. They are a great-ever-present snack in my life. A lot of work for the little reward of that great taste. A low calorie munchie.
• I am grateful for my testimony in the gospel of Jesus Christ. 
• I am grateful for the opportunity to listen to General Conference last week. And the upcoming ensign to read and reread the teachings of the living apostles.
• I am grateful for my new friend Missy. She came over to help Susie last night, and spent hours of service helping each of us girls in different ways.
• I'm so grateful for my Sub Zero family. Marianne, Jasmine, Tiani, and Taylor. You help me be a better manager, and a better person. I wish the best for each and everyone one of you. And I love working with all of you!
• I am grateful for the Logan kiddos. They make me so happy, and I love every second I get to spend with you.
• I am grateful for Royal, Jenn, Shiloh and Rachel. You are my dear friends and supporters. You are wonderful examples to me. And always there. I know I can call on each of you if I need to.

• I am grateful for the forgiveness of my loyal (at least I think they're loyal) blog readers. Please keep the faith, let me know you're there, and share with me what you are grateful for this Sabbath day!