This is a few days behind, I know, but the last five days have been a whirlwind.  Please forgive me. 

 It's old. cliched, overdone, etc.  Everyone does this.  But given the summer I had, and the subsequent fall, I need to take some time to look back on what has been important to me.  I need to make sure that every day I see the blessings God has given me, not just the pitfalls that have been placed beneath my feet.  There is good in everything, and right now I'd like to take a moment to remember that which has been good.

• I'm thankful for my family.  Through the last four months, they've been there every step of the way.
• Specifically, I'm thankful that I got to spend the holiday with my brother.
• I thank God endlessly for Her Cuteness — she's the one constant in my life right now, and is my favorite person.  She's truly my world, and even if she's sick, or sad, or cranky, or asleep, or bouncing off the walls, she's the greatest gift God could ever have given me.
• I'm thankful for my home.  God put me in the right place at the right time to finally have a place to call my own.  I've got great neighbors, in a great area of town.
• I'm thankful for the three years I got to spend with Brittney.  While I'm happy with my life as it is now, I wouldn't trade back a second of that time I had with her.
• I'm thankful for a great job and a career path I truly enjoy.  It makes the rest of my life that much easier when I don't spend all my time complaining about my job.
• I'm thankful that God gave me a thrifty, frugal mind, so I don't have to spend every day worrying how I'm going to pay the bills.  And I'm thankful to be in a situation to help those less fortunate, rather than feeling as if my hands are tied when a brother or sister needs help.  On top of all that, I'm glad God has impressed upon my heart that I need to give more than I have been.
• I'm thankful for my health.  I've spent the last 14 hours extremely ill, but I'm already on the way to recovery because the Good Lord takes care of me.
• I'm thankful for the perspective that God has given me on my impending divorce.  I could sit around with a woe-is-me attitude, or I could learn the lessons in the heartache and apply them to my own life and those of my friends who are in need of help.  I've chosen the latter, and now I'm not just a better person, I'm a completely different person.
• I'm thankful for diversions from life, like watching sports on television or talking to a friend by phone.
• Above all, I'm thankful for God's second chances.