It's the beginning of the end of another year of life and I look back and think of all the amazing things that have happened to me within the last 11 months - I got a half tuition scholarship from the BYU Life Sciences college, fell in complete love over the summer, turned the perfect age of 21, was proposed to on my 21st birthday, and am now planning the southern wedding of my dreams for next June. Can life get any better?
I don't mean to brag and say that I have a better life than you, but instead I want to say that I really do have A LOT to be grateful for. Many of my friends are doing a "30 Days of Thanksgiving" challenge on Facebook where they post something that they are grateful for each day. I love this idea and I love reading all the different, and sometimes unique, things people are grateful for everyday, but instead of me joining the bandwagon this year, I want to just write about one thing in particular that I'm grateful for - love.
Typically when one hears the word "love" it is usually used in a romantic context. I feel like many people forget that there are countless different types of love though in addition to just romantic, such as friendship love, parental love, sibling love, puppy love, etc. that people feel everyday but take for granted and overlook. I just want to express how grateful I am for all the different forms of love I have in my life. I'm grateful for the parental love that my wonderful parents freely give me each and everyday. They have been so kind to me and they have truly given me wings to fly. I would be nothing without them and am so grateful for the example they have set for me all these years and especially grateful that they never fought in front of me. They support me 100% in all my decisions and have never told me what to be or what to do with my life, but rather to do my best and choose what will make me happy. I honestly have the best parents a girl could ask for. I'm grateful for the singling love that I receive from my brothers and sisters. My childhood was completed by them and I can't express how much joy they have given me. It is so wonderful to know that you have automatic "built-in" friends that have you back no matter what, even when all your other friends walk out on you. Matthew, Ryan, Brenton and Melissa, y'all are the best! :)
I'm grateful for this new romantic love I have. Friends, I cannot convey in words how much I love Matt Billings, but I hope you just get a inkling of an idea from this post. I am the luckiest girl - I have found a man who loves me for being me. I have found a man who knows the good, the bad, and the ugly sides of me and still wants me. I have found a man who respects me, cares for me, has the same morals as me and same goals as I do. I have found a man who would die to make me happy. I have found my missing puzzle piece, my better half, my best friend. I am SO grateful for this man... I wish you could understand! He is by no means perfect but he is perfect for me. I've dated my fair share of "men" in the past and the more men I met, the more I loved my dog. I honestly didn't think that there was a man out there for me, but he was right in my own backyard the entire time! I know this man better than anyone else and I can honestly say that the more I talk to him and the longer I am with him, the more I fall in love with him. I have been blessed with the opportunity to get married at a young age to a handsome, fit, loyal man and I can't think of no other way God could be any kinder to me. I am so blessed and I am so happy. Matt Billings, you are my world. I love you with all my heart and we will have a marriage and love that people will look to and admire. I am so excited to spend the rest of my existence sealed to you.
Finally and most importantly, I am grateful for the love that my Heavenly Father gives me. Everything I am and everything I have done has been by the grace of Him. I think my love for Matt is unfathomable, but just imagine the love Heavenly Father has for you and me. Everything I have is from Him and I know I can never pay Him back even a fraction of all he has given me but I can be obedient and serve others and make the world a better place to show my love to Him.
I'm grateful for love and the power it has. It's softened this girls heart and I believe that if we all showed just a little bit more love for one another, then miracles would be seen every day. Have a Happy Thanksgiving y'all!
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