I am so thankful for Ms Emily for many a reasons. First of all she is a pure joy to be around and it is so obvious that she truly cares about people, ALL people. She is one of those girls that you would just have to really try not to like and then you'd be lieing to yourself if you invented a reason not to. :) She truly doesnt have a spiteful bone in her body and she is the first to try to give anyone and everyone the benefit of the doubt. I am so thankful for her gentle nature and her abilty to really care about people despite what the circumstances are.
You might think "well someone like this is just a push over" No not at all, shes got enough spunk to handle her own and keep the rest of us on her toes if she really wanted to. She doesnt have her head in the clouds, she knows whats going on around her, she knows what people are capeable of, she just CHOOSES to give people the benefit of the doubt and the chance to show their better side. Some peoople spend their time looking for whats wrong with other people and she spends her time focusing on all the things that are good in other people. I am thankful for Emily and the way she can listen, be compassionate, understand how a person is feeling and love people thru things.
I am thankful for the way Emily can end up on any end of the dinner table next to anyone, or seated next to anyone anywhere for that matter, and she makes that person feel important and shows she really enjoys talking to them. She doesnt sit back and wait for people to talk to her first, to show her love first, to extend themselves to her first..... she is the first to strike up a conversation, to ask you about your day, ask you about your life and to truly listen and show interest in what you are sharing with her. I remember at one of our first dinners out she was seated next to Derek and it crossed my mind that Emily would be visiting with Daniel and maybe we should have had Derek sit down closer to other members of the family so he'd have someone to visit with as well. Didnt take but a few minutes before I realize that wasnt going to be an issue at all. Emily and Derek visited thru most of the meal and she really showed interest and joy in talking to and getting to know her boyfriends, 14 year old brother. Alot of young ladies her age may have been annoyed at the chatter of a 14 year old, but she really took advantage of the opportunity to get to know Derek. I am so thankful that my son has brought home a young lady who cares about the entire family and not just whats going on with 'them'. I am thankful for how she just jumped right in with the other women in the family. No caddiness at all between the 3 older boys girlfriends, they are genuinely respectful and loving toward eachother and I am SO THANKFUL for that because I really adore all 3 of them so much and it would break my heart to have any awkwardness among them.
There are so many things I am thankful for with Emily. She is just a remarkable young woman who has so much to offer. She is very free spirited and willing to try different things, consider different points of view and let people be exactly where they are at in life, without trying to change people. I am very thankful that Daniel and Miss Emily have become so fond of eachother, and she has come to be a part of our family. I have enjoyed her so much and look forward to the added blessing of her being part of our lives..... not to mention we have the sugar cookie to perfect. :) I always say there are some people in life that you just know how easy it will be to know them within a short time of meeting them and she is one of those people to me. Its just comfortable, she has never felt like a visitor to us, but just like someone who has come home. I am so thankful that I have that type of relationship with someone who is OBVIOUSLY so important to my son. :)
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