Fly me back...to where my home is?

it's that time of year again, when everyone goes home to family, and i...go to whoever is charitable enough to take me in, or to whoever is as lonely as i am because they have no family as well. but still, it is the time of year to be thankful for what i do have, so...i'm thankful that i have new life in Christ, and that i am called his daughter, that i have the privilege of approaching his throne of grace with confidence, so that i might receive grace and mercy to help me in my time of need. i'm thankful for family that loves me, far away as i am, far away as they are, love transcends the wide span of the ocean, love does not even need to be expressed sometimes, because it can be felt, it's something you know, just because. i'm thankful for wonderful friends, both near and far...who think of me even though my sleeping hours don't coincide with theirs (or maybe they do, coz you ppl sleep and wake abnormally late, and i sleep and wake abnormally early! makes up for the time difference), who know me well enough to put up with my quirks and oddities, who are there in good times and bad, who love to do crazy things with me, but the next moment can be having the deepest conversations. i'm thankful for friends who are near and who spread out their hands of welcome despite not knowing me very well yet, who have always been more than generous with their love, who i delight in getting to know better. i'm thankful for good health, that despite the annoying knee i am young and vibrant, that i don't have to worry about pills and pains and aches, that i have been blessed with a great functioning body, that i am wonderfully made in God's image. i'm thankful for shelter over my head, for the knowledge that my future is secure in Jesus. i'm thankful for provision, that though my human body is so tied to material things like food and finance, God doesn't deem those things too insignificant, that because they matter to me, they matter to him. i'm thankful for the promise that each new day i walk step by step with my Savior, i'm thankful that his mercies are new every morning. i'm thankful for his living word, that speaks to me each day. i'm thankful for music, that part of God's spirit made tangible. i'm thankful for poetry, for a form of expression that allows me to...be. i'm thankful for Life.
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