So, here is a partial list of things I am thankful for. All could have explanations for why I am truly very thankful for these things, but, this is not included. Also, things on here are not equally weighted, so, there are things I am eternally thankful for, and things that are just kinda nice to have around. I basically just sat and typed until I was done, then I alphabetized.
ability to go to a great school for free
ability to see the world so easily
ability to speak Spanish
Alarm clocks
Amazing parents
American economic power
Alphabetization on computers
Apples
Audio books
basement
Birth control
blue chair in my house
books
brothers and sisters
building show caves
car that runs well
cedar chests built by friendly uncles
Cell phones
Christmas break
clean air to breath
Close church building
Close institute building
Computers in general
credit cards
Crushed up candy canes
Days off school
Democracy
DI electric wheat grinder
digital cameras
diverse siblings
docking station
Dryness
Ebay
Employed relatives
family that supports me
father and mother in-law
Fender my my bike
Fine hometeachers
Freedom of religion
General conference
gmail
Good and supportive ward
Good food in general
Good GSIs (when I have them)
good paying job with a bright future
Good professors
google chat having video
Google video
Great co-workers
Great health insurance
Great professors to work with
Having a temple so close by
Having had a temple so very very close nearby
Having learned what I did about PhDs at BYU
Healthy pregnancy for my wife
Hosmer lunch of Tuesday
Hot chocolate
How happy Jacob is all the time
I can bike to campus and back
Institute lunches on Friday
interesting questions
Internet accessible databases
Jacob
Lack of food allergies or pickiness by Jacob and Stacey
large book case in my house
leaves changing in the fall
living close to my brother
living in ann arbor
Lots of help from great mentors
Lots of winter clothes
Medical technology that allows me to have what I do
Microsoft Excel
mountain bike trails
Music
My health
My mission in Neuquen
My Testimony
My wife, Stacey Lea
Never having to worry about going hungry
New business school building
nice place to live
office to study in
Online newspapers
Peanut hours
people who like to do mundane stuff
people willing to serve
Pink pearl erasers
Political stability
Professors getting sick
red road bike with pedals
regular first name
Rhapsody.com
Rich donors to business schools worldwide
Sales
SAS
siblings in law
smart people who thought ways of answering questions up
snow
soft bed
Somewhat uncorrupt nation
Stacey's ability and desire to get a MS
Stacey's calling
Stacey's love of music
Stata
Stattranfer
Temple marriage
That Jacob goes to sleep easily
That Stacey is pregnant
That UMich gives me stuff
That we live close to VA
The ability to disagree with the majority (for now)
The ability to vote
The Atonement
The chance I had to work at E&Y when I needed to
the chance to be a father
The Gospel
The internet
The luck that I didn't ruin my life before I was 19
the Michigan buses
The Michigan weather
The opportunity I had to go to BYU
The Scriptures
Two sls regression
uneducated folks
Used goods
Walmart
Warmth
water to drink
whistling
wife that likes to drive
2 comments:
Great list, I would love to hear the story behind a few of them. Glad to see the diversity of your list and the important things that are there. I am still very thankful for you and yours.
"family that supports me"
You are truly blessed, sometimes we don't know how lucky we are unless we've been in another's shoes. I haven't had the same experiences that you've had, nor you I.
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