Things I am Incredibly Thankful For

• Writers Craft tests that are not too hard, and most importantly- OVER. 
• I am also thankful for GED tests of the same variety. 
• Friends that I can get completely caught up in conversation with. So caught up, in fact, that neither of us notices when the light turns green. You know who you are. Also, you have pretty blue eyes and a great laugh. =) 
• Math that is almost done. 
• High school that is almost done. lol. 
• A pay cheque from Marian's sitting on my dresser. 
• Three jobs this summer. 
• My family. 
• My laptop. 
• The knowledge that I have gained in the past year, the lessons I have learned, and the areas that I have improved in. For example.... last night, as I was furiously putting together a co-op portfolio, I was sorting through stacks and stacks of old papers from school, desperately searching for something worthy to be put in a portfolio. And I found my one year adventure novel. And I sat there on my bedroom floor, in the middle of a floor covered in papers, reading the words that I wrote over a year ago. I reached a certain point in the story and I literally cringed. Because I knew what was coming. Yes, I did. This one ridiculous conversation that I wrote... I read it and I was like "Jasmine, what in the world were you thinking?? Huh??". A word of advice.... conversations about bananas? Do not belong in adventure novels. Seriously. I can no longer criticize Adam Young for the lyrics to "Fireflies". I am like the Owl City of novelists. 
• The not-so-gentle reminder that I need God. 
• Having trouble feeling grateful for this... but I know that I needed it. 
• Life. Lives that have been lived well.
• The knowledge that I will soon have time for the things that I have been waiting to do. Liking cleaning my room. lol. It's pretty bad. And sewing new clothes. And writing. Oh, and sleeping. And a blog post about the wonderful month of May. =) I really have been waiting to do that. I am excited. =) Also, I am looking forward to doing blog posts that are a bit more structured (ahem- no bullets), less random, and have actually been thought through before I started writing them. 
• Old prayer journals full of prayers that God has heard and answered and written-out verses from the Bible that still hold incredible meaning for me. I was going through my old journals the other day, because a certain yearbook staff asked for my favourite verse. =) And I found so many of my old favourite Bible verses that I had forgotten about! They are so amazing, and they are not even from Jeremiah. lol. Anyways, Psalm 139 is the passage I went with... I just had to condense it. lol. But it truly is perfect for this time of my life. 
• Random Phrases from Psalm 139: "Oh Lord, You have searched me and You know me. You hem me in- behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me. Where can I go from Your spirit? If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there Your hand will guide me, Your right hand will hold me fast. All the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be."