I am very very thankful

I am very very thankful for my incredible family.

A family that I have pushed away as hard as I can and they have pulled me as close as they can. If I could give 20 year old Caroline any advice it would be to never put anyone above family. That is a regret 24 year old Caroline has every day. There is nothing I could ask of my family that they would not bend over backwards to give to me and for that I am eternally grateful.

I am very very thankful for my amazing friends.

I can not even begin to put into words how thankful I am for my friends. To sound completely cliche, I could never get married and my heart would still be full of love thanks to them. I've learned that you don't have to see them everyday to have them as a best friend. Texts, calls, cards, FB posts, gchats, snapchats, Instagram, and simply prayers are all equally "friendship."

I am very very thankful for my work family and job.

It's awful that it took one of us leaving for me to truly recognize how amazing our work family is and what a wonderful job I have. The past couple weeks have been trying and I will be the first to admit I have come home with a bad attitude more days than I should have; but when that group texts goes off on Saturday morning with tacky sweater pictures I'm reminded again just how good I have it.

I am very very thankful for the boys I have gone on a date with.

You have showed me what I don't want in a partner, what I do want in a partner, and along the way have given me some great nights. 

You've reminded me how independent I am, how I don't need you to be happy, and that as cynical as I can become I really do believe in love. 

I am very very thankful for my health and 24 year old body.

This is the time of my life to be running half marathons, it would be a sin to not be out there everyday.

I have been blessed to have an extremely healthy year and that is something I should never take for granted.

I am very very thankful for all the laughs, tears, celebrations, melt-downs, moments, and memories of 2014. 

I am very very thankful for the life and opportunities God has so blessed me with.

I compared marriage to the dot you draw at the top of your paper when drawing a landscape, way off in the distance, and reflecting back on that post this is not a bad thing at all.

I have so much life ahead of me and for that I am very very thankful. 

Happy Thanksgiving!