thankful this time of year

Somedays we forget
To look around us
Somedays we can't see
The joy that surrounds us
So caught up inside ourselves
We take when we should give.

So for tonight we pray for
What we know can be.
And on this day we hope for
What we still can't see.
It's up to us to be the change
And even though we all can still do more
There's so much to be thankful for.

Look beyond ourselves
There's so much sorrow
It's way too late to say
I'll cry tomorrow
Each of us must find our truth
It's so long overdue

So for tonight we pray for
What we know can be
And every day we hope for
What we still can't see
It's up to us to be the change
And even though we all can still do more
There's so much to be thankful for.

Even with our differences
There is a place we're all connected
Each of us can find each other's light

So for tonight we pray for
What we know can be
And on this day we hope for
What we still can't see
It's up to us to be the change
And even though this world needs so much more

There's so much to be thankful for

this time of year it seems that most people try to go out of their way to be nice and to greet other people.

i know that what i have wanted to do i haven't always got.

but i do know that i am on my way to bigger and better things.

i am about to graduate from college in 9 months with a degree in family life.

to some that might sound like a fluffy major.

it's not. it is amazing and it will help me in my life once i become a wife and a mother.

i don't know if i will go to nursing school, i don't know if i will go to Duke but there are some things i do know and for those things i am very thankful.

i am thankful for:

the knowledge that i have of the gospel

the opportunity that i have to be at byu

the roommates that i have

my parents and siblings

temples and the ordinances that are performed there

the chance that i will have to be a wife and a mother

my residence in the USA