It’s so hard to believe Thanksgiving is already here! It feels like yesterday we were celebrating!! What’s even harder to believe is that this time last year, Jake and I were pregnant but the world didn’t know. We celebrated quietly, but his due date seemed forever far away.

Fast forward a year, and here I am amazed at my life and how truly blessed I am. While every day I am thankful for what I do and don’t have, today is always a solid reminder for us. Let us all stop looking at our lives and feel jealousy or envy for what we don’t have. Stop focusing on those things and redirect your focus to what you do have and how amazing it is! No I don’t have everything, but yes I do have the important things.

God has given me the absolute most amazing family I could ever wish for. My mom is one of my best friends. My sister? She’s my other half. My dad? He still watches over and protects me today. They all love me deeply and are here for me no matter what.

Life blessed me with meeting the man of my dreams. No really, of my dreams. I’m sure you’ve seen me gush about him. It’s all true. He’s the most amazing man I’ve met (other than my dad). I’m so happy that life led us together and that he is forever mine. Because of meeting him, we have our beloved puppy Brick. If you follow my instagram, you already know my obsession over that puppy. She makes my heart happy in the purest way. And because we met, and because we got Brick, we now have Landon. The truest and most amazing blessing. And because I met Jake and got Brick and had Landon? I’m now following my dreams of being a photographer.

Leading up to this moment, there were so many times that I would ask “why?” Bad things happen, yes. Things don’t go our way, no. But every twist and turn that our lives take are leading us all to our greatest happiness and exactly where life should be.

So today on Thanksgiving? Today I’m thankful for all the bad that’s happened in my life. For all the guys that broke my heart. For all the jobs I worked and unhappy years they gave me. Those things are what led me here. That leave me thankful for the family and friends I have. For the health and happiness that’s blessing me.

So to you today on Thanksgiving, take a break from dreaming about a different life and instead embrace what you have <3 Happy Thanksgiving babes <3