Hello and Happy Thanksgiving!

Well.... this poor blog appears to be quite neglected and sad. So I suppose I should post something again. So first of all, as you can see, I'm still alive, even after these three months. :) Yeah, just thought I would let y'all know that, as that is pretty important... as for what has been going on with me, I've been very busy. I've had school, extra-curricular activities (lots of those, that take up a lot of time), chorus, piano, and about a billion other things. Seriously. Okay, maybe not, but I've had a lot to do! This year has been crazy busy, but I'm really enjoying it.
I don't even really know where to start, because ~so~ much has happened these last three months. I've been making so many new friends, doing so many new things, it is just really hard to catch up!
So, since I can't really catch up I'm so far behind, I guess I'll go ahead and say it:
Merry Thanksgiving to all, and to all a good night!
Or wait... that isn't right...
Ahem....
(sorry for my cheesy jokes, they are a family thing ;)
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! :)
I hope you all have a delightful Thanksgiving!
And there is indeed much to be thankful for. I think it funny how people think that you have to have so much for you to be thankful. You have to have the newest gadget, the coolest clothes, the most expensive accessories... we Americans are so obsessed with having a good "status." We have to be better than the neighbors. We get so caught up in that, we forget what we do have, and we forget to be thankful. I think we need to remember more often than Thanksgiving we always have something to be thankful for.
If you've had a hard year, sometimes you just want to push Thanksgiving aside and move on to the New Year and start everything fresh. Or maybe you're so bogged down you just want everything to end. I know that feeling. You are honestly not alone in that fight. Believe me, I used to think I was the only one struggling with this and that. Let me tell you that you are most definitely and most assuredly not the only one. And let me also encourage you by telling you that the hard times will end. And you're thinking, "No. It never will. It has been going on for such a long time. It never will. Ever. I don't believe. I can't believe you. It is impossible. It can't happen. It won't happen." Trust me it will. I can most assuredly tell you that I felt exactly that way a little over a year ago, and I can tell you that I thought the end of it would never come. It will. I can promise you that. You might even be going through something harder than what I went through, but I can tell you this: We've got a merciful Savior, and He loves you so much, and these times will end after a time. It is just something you're going through. It is a passing thing. Which brings me to my point: even in the hardest of times, we have something to be thankful for: Christ. Even when you've lost everything (and I mean everything: relationships, family, possessions, etc.), you still have Christ. He is always there, even if He seems distant. I know that feeling too. He feels like He is so far away. Reach out, He is there to listen to you always. I am thankful today for Christ Jesus who has saved my life!

Anyway, I hope that today you have one of the best Thanksgivings ever! Be sure to enjoy the day and all the food, but don't forget who provides the joy. :)
Happy Thanksgiving all!

In Christ,

~Madison

P.S. I'm going to try to post more than I have been. My most sincerest apologies to my regular readers for not having posted in so long!