things I am grateful for.

- stupid inside jokes

- silent football under the treehouse cabins

- my mom calling me for breakfast even though I'm not hungry

- my dying Coke-bottle plant

- birdsong

- reading poetry in Barnes and Noble

- eloquence, (and the eloquence of that word in itself)

- riding fourwheelers with my cousin and getting stuck in the mud

- feeling empowered 

- feeling lovely

- road trips, my parents' cheesy Christian music

- singing to Bon Jovi with my dad

- hugs from Nana

- adopted family

- camping trips and flashlight hikes with Grandaddy

- successfully pranking Trevor with Alize

- high fives

- when someone says something stupid at three am, and we laugh about it for far too long

- Joseph buying that necklace for Emily

- going to Emily's house randomly and seeing her wearing it

- real talks

- watching About Time with Hannah and Grace

- tears of joy

- long lists that no one cares to read (haha)

- when people say I smell nice

- throwing the football with my brother and letting him make fun of me

- the fact that life sucks but I still like to make it sound beautiful---

- the fact that life is actually slightly beautiful

- being happy for no particular reason

- my dad's fire station stories

- Grace telling me about Ethan

- Walking Hope to production

- the feeling of being understood

- when Carissa texts me randomly to see how I'm doing

- freaking out with Hope for no particular reason :)

- when Jillian is my spirit animal

- when Rebekah finally posts something on her blog and it's freaking beautiful

- glancing at your watch and realizing you've got all the time in the world

- forgetting to wear my retainer and feeling free

- really living on the edge in general

- when Emily says something that makes me want to baptist nod and shout amen because I relate with every fiber of my being

- sitting on mrs. Cindettas porch with Nicholas Prda

- mrs. Lisa being a boss at life

- being the epitome of sibling goals with my sister

- someone texting back right away

- prayer