Thank You

Let me start by saying thank you mom for passing down my insomnia.  It was thanks to this insomnia that I thought of all of these wonderful things I'm thankful for.

1.  I'm thankful first and foremost for a God whose mercy knows no limit.
2.  I'm thankful for Aasics running shoes, they're the only trainer that doesn't kill my broken L5 vertebra.
3.  I'm thankful for all the little space heaters in my life that get me through a cold Minnesota winter.
4.  I'm thankful for Netflix for letting a budget-conscious family still enjoy TV time.
5.  I'm thankful to my truck for listening to my random 'Carrie Underwood and Steven Curtis Chapman reluctantly featuring Emma Kay' concerts on a daily basis...sometimes more.
6.  I'm thankful for bathroom acoustics.
7.  I'm thankful for God's amazing artistry when it comes to the contrast of bright green birch tree leaves and the bluest morning sky.
8.  I'm thankful for Charlie's little dimple on the left side of his smile, the one and only physical trait he inherited from me.
9.  I'm thankful for my childhood friends Charlie and Jenna and our siblings for making growing up an adventure in the woods speaking made up native languages and naming cricks and ponds by combining all of our last names.
10. I'm thankful to the United States of America's Armed forces for bringing my parents together and making a little government baby.
11. I'm thankful for the Green Bay Packers, the legacy of Brett Favre until 2011, and the legacy of Michael Jordan until his hall of fame induction speech.
12.  I'm also thankful for the book Lance Armstrong wrote that got me through my high school hospital visits with my heart condition and being benched most of my basketball season junior year.
13.  I'm thankful to Oprah for then calling that lying son of a biscuit out so he doesn't keep leading injured high school juniors to believe you can be as amazing as he was without performance enhancing blood transfusions.
14.  I'm thankful for my husband's dry sense of humor and that he has finally stopped resisting to my asking for his advice on my bathroom concertos. (music, not the other type of bathroom concerto)
15.  I'm thankful to Wells Fargo for firing me so I could go on to do something I love and stop manipulating 18 year olds into destroying their credit before they had it all so I could feed my family.
16.  I'm thankful for Zofran- the amazing little pill that helped me gain weight during my pregnancy ensuring that my already premature son would one day fill his wrinkly skin with cellulite like his mommy.  Just kidding, he doesn't have cellulite.  But I did.  Don't look for that on this list.
17.  I'm thankful for Natalie Grant's rendition of 'How Great Thou Art' two years ago at the Xcel Energy Center.
18.  I'm thankful to my Mama for raising me to dream and be confident and comfortable as a daughter of the King.
19.  I'm thankful to my Daddy for his consistency and his understanding.
20.  I'm thankful to my college friend Becki for helping me grow up and letting me take out my issues on her for so long.
21.  I'm thankful to Hannah for her God-given wisdom- and her back massages.
22.  I'm thankful for Boomtown, Missouri for being the place my cousins and I would stop to load up on firecrackers for the farm in Mississippi- I think snappers are still floating to the surface under Pappa's dock.
23. I'm thankful to Matt, Abby, and Bass Lake Camp for the rock-solid foundation in Christ, teaching me to play three guitar chords for worship, and bringing my then-rebellious teenager husband and I together.
24. I'm thankful to whoever has preserved the First Century Synagogue in Capernaum, Israel. 

That is all for now, until insomnia strikes again