blessed

someplace tonight the hills are covered in a light dusting of snow, somewhere else the dessert is cold and man is depending on the winds to die down. and here i am, lying on my warm bed in a room overlooking the gorgeous city i love next to someone i love with all my heart and i cannot even express how lucky i am, how blessed i am; what have i done to deserve all this?? so this list is a list of my blessings, a list to remind myself and everyone reading this that we are so blessed here and often times take way too much for granted.... so count your blessings because you don't know what you have until it's completely gone.

1. an incredible guy in my life who I love with all my heart; he is so amazing to me
2. a family who i love and who loves me unconditionally, no matter how hard that is to see sometimes
~my mom: who I would be lost without.... i really do miss her so much and she is such an amazing woman
~Traci: who is my shoulder to cry on and the person that always listens to me no matter what, who treats me like an equal and understands that I am still finding myself and is open to what that may end up being
~my dad: even though we struggle sometimes and our relationship needs work, i love him so much and miss our little inside jokes and stress free days laying around
~my brother: who i love to watch grow up because i know he's a good guy and always will be and i want only the best for him
~my grandma and grandpa: who are always there for me no matter what, who always care about what i'm doing and who i am and want to be a part of my life, which they are a huge part of 3. my friends who have stuck with me throughout the years as well as those who i have only really "known" recently.... i am so blessed that throughout everything i've been through, that we've been through, they have stuck with me and supported me
4. that i can write and know that maybe that writing is saying something to someone somewhere, that it means something even if that someone only happens to be me... it still clears my mind and heart
5. that my faith is stable and though i falter sometimes, i am blessed to have it and to keep it with me always
6. my apartment and my college education
7. my car and computer and ipod and all those material things that many do not have
8. my dreams because i am lucky enough to have people in my life that believe in my dreams and want to help me accomplish them
9. i am blessed to be alive
10. to be healthy and safe
11. i am blessed to have responsibility in my life because with out, who knows where i'd end up
12. to have people reading my writing right now and whether you hate it or like it or are just reading it because you feel like you should, it doesn't matter, thank you and i'm blessed to have people like you in my life in one form or another

There are so many more things that i could come up with that i am so lucky to have if i really could keep going... but thank you for all you do for me, thank you for reading this and for everyone that has touched me in life in some way or another, thank you, because without you, I would be a totally different person.

Love,
Casey