No Thanks November

I once heard someone say they dislike the daily Facebook posts of individual's Thanksgiving gratitude throughout the month of November.  Now, before you get all up in arms, their reasoning actually makes sense. They argued that it's just not enough to be thankful for one month of the year but that we should be thankful year round.  While I understand what they're saying, I thoroughly disagree with the point they're making.  Yes, we should be thankful year round, but I do not think that spending November expressing that gratitude to the world via Facebook detracts in any way, shape, or form from our year-round thanks.
This being said, I plan on boycotting "No Thanks November" and will be expressing my gratitude all month long.  But, I will be mixing things up a bit and posting on here rather than Facebook.  This way, I can be as long winded as I want in my recognition of blessings.  (And no, they didn't scare me off of Facebook.  The individual who said this is a good friend who wouldn't disown me for my posts.)
So, without further ado...
Day 1:  In Relief Society today we were asked to think of something we are thankful for that we wouldn't normally think of.  That of course meant I needed to shift from focusing on my home, family, warmth, friendship, etc.  Surprising to me, it was actually easily done.  I didn't spend hours or even minutes trying to decide.  Within the first second of the challenge "Healed relationships" popped into my head.  There have been many broken relationships in my life.  Some didn't heal and I didn't mind.  But there was one that hurt more than anything.  The break of that relationship didn't just hurt it actually changed a part of me.  But, it was broken, not lost.  It's taken years and it will probably take more time still but this particular relationship is on the mend.  Both sides of the relationship have work to do but for the first time since the initial break I actually believe that we may get there.
Day 2:  Friends don't come easily to me.  I'm awkward.  I'm shy.  I have this bad habit of sharing TMI.  Because of this, the friendships I do have are spectacularly special to me.  I have some of the best, most supportive friends a girl could ask for.  Some are heart mom's that I bonded with over a hospital cafeteria table.  Some are childhood friends that I survived scraped knees, acne, dances, and broken adolescent hearts with.  There are my hollywood girls that laugh at my dumb jokes, drop off cupcakes at the end of the hardest day of my life, and are called aunties by my girls.  There are all the future friends that I will be blessed with.  I don't need to be the most popular girl on the block, a lesson that took until adulthood to learn, to know that I am lucky in friends.  The friends I have are constantly pouring all their love into my life and I feel truly blessed.