What I'm Thankful For.

All right, well naturally, I'm always thinking I have way too much than I deserve, so this might get long.
I'm incredibly grateful that God granted me another day to exist, and for HIM.Becuaes without his grace&love, things wouldn't be here for me to be thankful for in the first place.My gratitude for HIM is boundless.

I'm thankful that I have my family, no matter how rough and terrible it can all get, we're still family. And for those members that we don't commune with anymore, I am thankful for them anyways, and miss them and hope God blesses them as much as He has me. For the ones I haven't met, I'm all the more thankful. Because it means that my family is blessed to have more members than I could meet in 15 years of existing.

My gratitude for the people in my life is also boundless. First off, my three best frans: Theresa Calacsan, Camille Apin, & Caitlin Montilla. Those three saved me and caught me when I fell. If they didn't jump in when they did, I wouldn't be hanging out with people anymore and would just stay in the library all the time, thinking that I couldn't trust people anymore.

Best friends. There are also my other best friends that stand by me all the time. So many of them ,because I value everyone in my life. Wilson Palpallatoc, Patrick Estember, Karisa Caballero, Alyssa Calderon, Danzel David, Michael Lu,etc. I love all the people that make an effort to make time for me.

Honorary Atehs & Kuyas. This. I don't have cousins that keep in touch with us, because my family gets messed up and fights a lot. And I'm the eldest. But there are those wonderfully amazing people that open up to me and treat me just like a younger sister and become an adopted older sibling to me. Ateh Stephanie Nerida ♥ I love her so much and am so thankful that God gave me someone as random and fun as her. She was so willing to be my friend last year, and that retreat made us closer than ever. Ateh Kristine Velasco, because she never failed to be there for me either, even when we hadn't even met yet. Kuya Andrew Basilio: I was so scared to talk to him at the retreat, but after all that, he was so nice and said some of the most inspirational things I've ever heard, he's such an amazing role model, having never cursed ever! Kuyas Alex Abuel & Vincent Tolentino: what can I say? There's nothing better than an intelligent kuya to look out for you in all your classes, even if they use your homework once in a while ;]

I am grateful that God put me in the care of the wonderful SLYM parish community at St. Lorenzo's. They are my second family and help me to grow whenever I am there. The AE retreat helped me open up to them so much, people that I used to fear since I knew none of them during Confirmation. God worked a miracle when I was brought to them.

I'm grateful God gave me the ability to read and write, what would I do without it? I'm grateful that he allows me to upkeep my 4.7 G.P.A. despite all the sleepless nights. I'm grateful that I can think coherently and deeply and have things to analyze. I'm grateful for all the electronics in my life, such expensive things. The laptop,although it malfunctions, the cell phone although it won't charge right now, and the camera although I can't charge it right now either. I'm thankful I can write, express myself and be creative; all those notebooks full of words hopefully amount to something. I'm grateful for ambition, because it gives life a compass, not a purpose just yet, but a guide for where to head.

I love you! I am grateful for you,too! Whoever comes across this, no matter how minimally we communicate, I am glad you are alive! For anyone that just comes across me and greets me, I an thankful to you. It's all more than I deserve.