There's so much to be thankful for

I just finished reading "My Story" by Elizabeth Smart, and if anyone hasn't read it, I highly suggest it! She tells about her story of getting kidnapped for nine terrible months. Throughout the book, Elizabeth constantly wrote about how she never gave up and when things were at their lowest, she still found things to be grateful for. I was amazed at the way she lived those months with no one to trust but herself. At the end of the book she writes the things she is grateful for and it touched me. Since it's the Season of thanks, I thought that I would do the same thing!
I'm extremely grateful for my Heavenly Father. Although I've made a lot of mistakes, I always knew that my Heavenly Father was there to love me and guide me in the right direction. I can't begin to imagine what my life would be like or who I would be today without Him by my side.
What would I do without the most amazing, understanding, and loving husband in the world? I really don't think I'd be able to function without him. I thought I knew who I was before I met Brady, and boy was I wrong! He has shown me what life is and could be. I was never so excited to live eternity with someone until Brady came into my life. He is always there for me and listens to me when I'm having a hard day. I never knew someone was so capable of loving someone so much. I feel like the luckiest girl in the world to have met him. I wish there were enough words to describe how much I love him.
My house. I think we all take for granted the home we live in. When it's hot outside, I'm cool in my house. When it's freezing, my house is warm. Just that is enough to be extremely grateful for.
My kids are everything to me. They turn a bad day into the best day of my life! Although I have harder days than others, they always seem to do something to make me feel like the best mom in the world. I might be thinking how hard life is and stressing about something, and Brooklynn will come in and say "I love you mom" out of no where. Just when I needed to hear it. Changing diapers, spit up on me, crying because of time outs and saying no to ice cream for breakfast is all worth it when I get kisses and know that they love me.
I could never have enough clothes, shoes, makeup and hair stuff in the world, when there are people out in the world that hardly have a change of clothes. I'm here with a closet full of clothes thinking "Gosh, what should I wear today?" ANYTHING! I take for granted all the things I have to wear when I should be focusing more on how I can help other people get more of what they don't have.
I'm so grateful for my family. They have been huge supporters throughout my life. Thick and thin, they have always been there for me.
This brings me to my brother Kole. We lost him when I was young. I might not know exactly why he had to be taken so early in this life, but I know he has guided me throughout my life to where I am now. I'm not sure how other people got out of bad situations or what made people think, "I don't want this in my life." For me, it was Kole. I want to see him again one day. And I have and will continue to think about what I can do to bring me one step closer to making that possible. I know he's somewhere rooting for me everyday and I hope to make him proud.
I am so happy to have so much positivity in my life! We all have trials and hard things to go through, but I do my best to look for the good in everything. There's nothing worse than feeling that bad feeling of resentment, contention, feeling like a failure, not being good enough. Those are all such common and easy things to feel when things aren't always going your way. When those things come into my life, I have really tried to focus on the positive in my life. That not only makes you a happy person, but also makes a happy home.
There are so many more things I'm grateful for in my life. I can't even express how happy I am and how wonderful my life has turned out so far.  I never thought I would be worthy enough to have such an amazing life. I strive to be better everyday. I know I'm not perfect and I make a lot, I mean A LOT of mistakes! But we are here to learn, and I know as long as I'm moving forward and trying my best, that's all I can do and my Father in Heaven knows. He is the only one that will judge me in the end. He is the only one that knows where my heart is. I try to remember that through all the mistakes I've made, I know I'm trying. There is so much I am grateful for, but not enough time in the world to write them all, because it grows every second of every day.