so as i have been reading friends and families blogs regarding thankfulness, i have been inspired. thank you to everyone for that! i shall embark upon a year of expressing gratitude and love, blog-style. and first up would: buffalo!
1. i love the snow! who knew? a rain-loving girl with no aspirations of shoveling anything, except sand occasionally, could love this crazy stuff that seems to be in abundance here at times, but never as much as i think we should have. mexico, ny gets all the love!
2. friends here have been my actual saving grace. all of us in my little family have made such fabulous friends, and i don't know quite how to tell them all how much they have blessed our little family, so thanks to any of you who read this!
3. since dental school is here, it definitely fits into the buffalo thanking department! now, i don't love all the time glenn is away from our family, or the stress he occasionally feels, but i am grateful that he is here doing what he actually wants to do. getting here, was so hard and disastrous at times, which translates into a huge testimony building experience, at least for me. and that is why i love UB!
4. we left a truly amazing ward in portland, & i was very nervous to meet our ward here, but of course they overwhelmed me! the ward kind of fits into our "friends" category, but is so much than that, so i gave it a special spot for it's own. we fit in perfectly here, with students & "normal" families alike. sometimes i am blown away by the generosity of the people in our ward, & the acceptance that seems to radiate from most of the members. we wouldn't quite as happy a family without our extended family here. love you!
5. that we don't actually live in buffalo, is definitely on the list. i love how we are in the "country" and yet only 5 minutes from target and wegman's. it is beautiful here, & very peaceful & so safe that sometimes i wish we could stay here & never leave. but alas, in a couple of years we will be out of here, with only memories and friends to take with us.
now i know that this is not a big list, but i love it all and i'm so grateful for all the things on it!
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5 comments:
I'm glad you're so happy there. Isn't it awesome when you have a great ward?
yay - I'm glad we're here together & I'm glad we're friends!
Hey! I enjoyed reading your blog! I'm glad you're here in our ward and hope we can get to know each other better...but you might have to go to some more church functions! hehehe!
I actually love Buffalo too. I could do without the snow but I like the change of seasons and having the next one to look forward to. I was so nervous moving here too but it turned out to be a really great place!
I'm so happy that you're so happy there. Of course we miss you and hope you don't get so comfortable you never come back west. ;-) But in the meantime enjoy every minute you have in a great area with great people!
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