give thanks, with a grateful heart.

taking a break from life to say a little thank you to jesus for some small/large things...
1) health
2) an amazing family
3) loyal friends
4) a college education
5) moral reasoning
6) forgiveness
7) grace
8) a healthy mind set
9) self-respect
10) sleep
11) healthy babies
12) medical care
13) eileen
14) warm clothing
15) the ability to travel
16) pets
17) technology
18)indoor plumbing
19) music
20) sunny days by the seaside

thank you jesus.

mmm this day is coming.

Music Video:THE THANKSGIVING SONG (by Adam Sandler)

"In the year 1621, the Pilgrims held their first Thanksgiving feast. They invited the great Indian chief Massasoit, who brought ninety of his brave Indians and a great abundance of food. Governor William Bradford and Captain Miles Standish were honored guests. Elder William Brewster, who was a minister, said a prayer that went something like this: 'We thank God for our homes and our food and our safety in a new land. We thank God for the opportunity to create a new world for freedom and justice." -linus

dr. jacquelyn shaw ph.d, tell me your problems and i'll charge a small fee

in light of my last real semester of college, the master field test, gre's, grad school applications and admission, freaking me out and not always feeling like i know what i am doing i have to keep reminding myself of the accomplishments that i've already made.

"woah! dream big."

there, there baby it's just textbook stuff, it's in the abc's of growing up

i was able to tackle many a hard situation today keeping this thought in mind...others come first. it is almost amazing the turn around an attitude like that can have.

it was a day for being an adult. it was not an easy day (because most days when you have to be an adult are not easy) however i made it, and i must say that i did it damn well.


"It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.'"- audrey hepburn

Will you start writing a blog already?! Your comments are all keepers, you should really be writing.

okay so peer pressure may or may not have had something to do with this. i used to keep a blog throught out high school because blogging started with my generation. sadly, it mainly was a carbon copy of my best's (and that may or may not have pissed her off). when i wasn't stealing/plagiarizing her ideas i was normally whining about how i haven't found love (because let's be real what sixteen year old has?) or i was stating my "wise" statements to the virtual world. needless to say when i entered college i said to myself "self, your blog is stupid" and there for deleted it.

i am now at a new turning point in my life, graduating college, and i am terrified and excited. i am finding that i have spent a lot of money and i know nothing. a lot of my "beliefs" have...been called into question/changed/no longer exist/are brand spanking new. since entering this vast intellectual world that is commonly referred to as college, life has changed. i have gained some wisdom, starting with the realization that i wasn't really wise. ever. i have loved and lost/kicked his butt to the curb (because i was raised that a girl was something that boys were to take care of and treat nicely and that may or may not have been happening) and i stopped trying to be the carbon copy of my best, because while she still is my best, we are not the same person. i learned that i like being from the country and that doesn’t mean i am a dumb hick and i came to understand that the lessons you learned in sunday school will help you through some of the hardest times.

i don't have a lot of free time to blog, and this blog may not stay, but in the very least i'll be writing again and i'll have a place to share the ridiculous/wonderful story that make up my life.