thankfulness part 1.

that there is something more important than anything else. that in light of everything else, something else stands out. that something else is the power of new life. of redemption. of healing for brokenness, grace for weakness. a chance to be something and go somewhere and make a difference in the world. that Someone loved me enough to die for me, and because of that mystery, everything else is changed.

family. parent’s whose marriage is strong. brothers who protect. seeing my dad sitting on the couch last night with my brothers & realizing how much my dad loves his kids. i don’t know if there’s a man on the planet that loves his kids as much as my dad. i can tell that out of all the things in life my dad has done, becoming a father is his greatest accomplishment. you can tell that his heart and soul is in it. we’re everything he ever prayed and hoped for. two sons and a daughter. the ones he waited his whole life for. my dad is smart and wise and the hardest working person i know. i’m thankful for him. for my brothers. men who show me the kind of guy worth waiting for. they truly have cared for my heart so well. i’m thankful for my mom who is as different from me as a person can get, but who challenges me more than anyone else. she is someone i don’t understand, but someone i love deeply. family.

brothers and sisters. Constants. Best Friends. the people that never leave me. that encourage me. that speak the truth in love to me. that pray for me, cry with me, rejoice with me. the people who go to doctor’s appointments with me, speak into my life. love me. the people that are real and that teach me how to be a better me. the people that have my back. the ones who lives miles away, but don’t allow that to keep them from being in my life. the ones who are so unbelievably talented and gifted and full of life and hope and faith and joy. the ones who make me laugh till i cry. the ones who are present. people i’d not be the same without.

the opportunity to go to Haiti next year. the opportunity to go to NYC next year. the desires of my heart are happening. the opportunity i already had to go to LA. the opportunity i already had and have to be in atlanta loving those precious kids in the projects.