Okay, remember that post I wrote yesterday? Well, today has had plenty more to add to my reasons for being thankful--and thankful is definitely something I can do at both Christmas and Thanksgiving! It is Clark Family Christmas right now, and though it is winding down--Stephanie and her cousin are fabricating an impressive house on The Sims 2; numerous other cousins are asleep downstairs and on the sofa, and other relatives are dispersed about the house--it was buzzing with festivity and life earlier.
Sundry gifts were distributed to everyone in the family, as well as to the two of us engaged to family members, Nicole (Stephanie's cousin Troy's fiancée) and me. I am not quite yet an actual member of this family, but already they have welcomed me with open, loving arms, as if I already am a part of this close family unit. They bestowed upon me generous and unexpected gifts--one even from a woman I have met but once in my life. The crown jewel of the evening was a gray and black Chrome Metropolis messenger bag from Stephanie and the Castos as a whole--with some input from my friend Lee from school. That is a sweet bag! I am still reeling from the generosity I was hit with, even now, several hours after the fact.
When I grow up, Lord willing, I will have graduated college, finished grad school, and be gainfully employed in a lucrative position. At that time--and even in the time leading up to that as I am blessed with the means--I want to be able to be just as generous with what I have been blessed with, for truly, "It is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35).
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