I wouldn’t say it’s a column…? But I’d like to start a little thing for myself where I check in about what I’m thankful for, hence Grace’s Gratitude: gragra HEHEHE (lowkey cringe but we make do :P)
Coming out of Thanksgiving break, I’ve had a lot of thoughts and reflections.
It’s to the point where I can’t even explain how thankful I was this past Thanksgiving. To see my family, to have a car ride long enough to catch up with the bro, to eat really good food, the list goes on and on and on. So here’s a lil run down of the top things I’m so very grateful about :)
1. I never realized how much home is a luxury.
My OWN room where I can be as loud as I want, do whatever I need to do without worrying about bothering my roommate, setting my own schedule
My OWN bathroom (sharing with my brother is absolutely not a problem, I’ll take it any day). Like wow. It’s two steps from my room so I don’t have to worry about forgetting my card and locking myself out of my room (whoops that already happened twice haha)
My OWN refrigerator. Well, it’s not mine. But opening the fridge to see food was quite the experience. I think I almost lost it ahaha but wow I was so blessed to see fresh fruits and yogurt wow.
2. High school friends and memories, something to always cherish regardless of how fond or not fond those days were haha
I was only able to meet up with one really good friend of mine from high school and I’m so glad we did ;) Just telling her the whole shpeal of my experience and then listening to hers was so encouraging and lovely as we went to a cute cafe (wow I am in love with cafes) and both ordered the same french toast with fruits. I didn’t realize until then how many little things I missed about seeing her everyday at school or even the way she talked and explained certain things. I also learned about myself that I think I tend to pick up little nuances from people who mean a lot to me :)
Wish I were able to meet up with more with the people I spent a lovely four years with, but this break was wayyy too short. I’m hoping to come up with a nice system for when I’m free so that I can meet everyone I want to.
3. Family time
We have this tradition I’d like to call it hehe where we watch episodes of Running Man (both old and new) and just laugh together, spend time, rant about work, just share everything. Not being able to do that for the past three months was so hard holy. But I’ve realized that it’s time for me to be independent, make my own decisions, find time for myself, and destress on my own. It’s been the most difficult for me in that sense, I think holistically, but I believe and I hope that I have come up with my own great ways to cope with it. And so far, it’s been working well!
4. Keeping holiday traditions
So my family and our closest family friends have this tradition where every holiday or break we have, we try to meet up and we alternate on the location (our house, their house, our house, their house hehe). I was really upset that I wouldn’t be able to meet up during this extremely short break but turns out my parents gave me the best surprise and we met up on Black Friday to go shopping and spend the entire day together :) Sharing meals, shopping, laughing, making Christmas plans was the absolute best. (hehe Joyce if you’re reading this, let’s do this in the future ;) hehehe)
5. Where I am at in my life
I am so excited and thankful to be in this stage of my life at this specific moment.
To be a student and to be studying and glorifying God has held a dear place in my heart honestly. It’s stressful and a lot to think about and sometimes quite the overwhelming experience (lol yesterday I was like lowkey losing it but we’re all good now hehe) but I am absolutely so grateful to be here and be on this journey of growth.
This week marks the start of what will be an interesting week ahead. I am nervous, a bit submerged in things I have to do/get to, and pretty much in constant angst, but I am all the more excited to be in this position where I can only go up!
^^hehe peep me looking at some lovely plants :)
OH I ALMOST FORGOT.
Sooo thankful for Christmas! Hehe I promised myself not to hype it up too early so the day after Thanksgiving, I started building my Christmas playlist! Wow the only way to express how excited I am for Christmas is alsdkjfalksdfjalksdfjasjfaoefawefj YEEEEEEEE!!!!! Hehe ok I’ll stop now (this is for another post!)
For we live by faith, not by sight.
Signing off with Faith Hope Love & Joy, Grace
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