#mushfest

It’s so incredible when things just seem to be going right. I mean, oh so utterly right. It truly is a beautiful thing. Even more than that, it’s amazing when you find someone. Someone who truly loves you for who you are as a human being and finds you beautiful for your mind, heart, and body. 

It’s such an incredible thing when I sit back and think about the fact that a year ago, I was sitting at home, miserable and alone. Now, here I am completely in love, engaged, and about to graduate from Pacific. It almost feels like a dream that is too good to be true, but it’s unshakable. Nothing is killing this. I won’t let it. Nothing and no one is going to ruin this happiness, this life, this love. I’ve worked too hard on my journey of happiness to let anything ruin any of this. 

The theme of 2013 was all-around-sucktastic. 4 ER trips with theboy and the multiple months of deteriorating health leading up to it, coupled with moving in together and other daily stresses...2013 nearly broke me, theboy, and our relationship.

But we survived. And we had a lot of good times too. And seeing as how he is now finally, FINALLY on the mend and I don't foresee another ER trip in our future...this Thanksgiving, I know that I have so, so much to be thankful for. So, indulge me in my sap while I revel in the beauty of hope and happiness.

I am thankful for health. Yours, mine, theboy's, my family's. Everyone. This holiday had the potential to turn out very differently, a mental slippery slope I try not to go down. We are here. We are living. We are experiencing. We are blessed. So so blessed.

I am thankful for my job. There are understandable grumblings within every workplace and mine is no different. However, I'm grateful that everyone was understanding of my need to dash offat a moment's notice, that I have medical insurance, that I have sick/vacation days, and that I am paid enough to have a substantial savings account that came into play when the medical bills started rolling in. 

I am thankful for my second B.S. degree. While I still have two weeks to go, I have survived and am DONE. I learned so much about my future field and know I will make one kickass SLP one day (Grad Schools, please accept me?)

I am thankful for my relationship. Man, if we survived this year, ain't nothing out there that can hold us down.