Thanks

Over the past few weeks what often happens when I sit down to journal is a list. Here's a sampling of what I'm thanking God for these days.

Thanks

for the snowday

cookies

the sunshine!

vaccuming

clean laundry

vegetables and other food to eat

Catherine and Grey's Anatomy nights

facebook

a walk

the river

your riches

your love

that I enjoyed studying today

how fascinating our body is

that people around me think deeply/ challenge me

for the "Chosen" book from the 70's I'm reading

for Brittany's massage and getting to hang out with her

the Red Coffee shop, even with it's cheesy crafts

for friends

joy

a joy that includes dancing after Quiz Monday

for wanting to dance after failing biochem

for this feeling of good

that you use me to love the Kamere family & grow me through the experience

for my friends and family in Cheney that I get to visit tomorrow

for people who love me

the chance to be in medical school

for being challenged/risky today

for my preceptor

for a car to drive

that my room gets really warm

for Arby's

for Arby's coupons

for food to eat

that I'm secure in you

the purple flower shirt that I'm wearing

that you have exciting plans for my future

for longer days

that it's not dark when I get out of school at night

for a run with Alissa yesterday

for smell of citrus that escapes on the first peel of a tangerine

for rest

for the opportunities to make a difference

for my Grandma

for reminders of the Gospel

that the AIRE protein is expressed in my thymus and I don't have an autoimmune disease

for my intelligence

that my body does all of these complicated processes all the time

for classmates who have become my friends