Love Love Love

I realized today that I love a lot of people. And I am going to make a list right now of those people and tell you one of the reasons I love them. Perhaps you don't want to read it but I need to write it... so... yeah.

• God because He's always the first one to get to me.
• My Savior because of everything.
• Mom because she gets me.
• Dad because he calls frequently to check on me and I love that.
• Danny because he called me one day when I really needed him to.
• Taryn because she knows how to be a true friend.
• Roy because he's the cutest baby in the history of babies.
• Kathy because she's strong.
• Johnny because he's wiser than he knows he is.
• Grandpa Gary because he cries.
• Grandma Di because she's got a way of making children trust her immediately.
• Grandpa Jones because he went skydiving with me.
• Grandma Jones because I don't know if anyone has ever believed in me the way she did.
• Donna because she helped Grandpa not be so lonely when Grandma died.
• Grandma Kathy because of the person she's helped my mom to be and because she loved me so much.
• Molly because she's precious.
• Andrea because she's always made me feel important.
• Jim because he fulfills the favorite uncle role so well.
• Hannah because she's a total baller.
• Sammy because she's completely got my back... always.
• James because he loves the Cubs.
• Mary because she cracks me up.
• Nate because he loves popsicles.
• The Robertsons because I feel I belong at their house.
• Lauraloo because she' so sweet. Always.
  
• The McNees clan for their hospitality and hilarious stories.
• All of the Joneses for their ridiculous singing abilities.
• My bosses at the MTC for hiring me.
• The teachers at the MTC that work in my area for trusting and loving me.
• The missionaries, every single one, for deciding to serve.
• My England friends for making me feel like I never have to mourn or celebrate alone.
• John Bennion for helping change my life.
• President Rhien for teaching me about my relationship with Father and for trusting me so much.
• Sister Rhien for being by all accounts and purposes my hero and for helping set my life standard pretty high.
  
• Em Weed for almost 14 years of memories and continued friendship.
• Abinadi because he talks in past tense.
• The lad for sharing his food.
  
• Mel because she rocks at witty banter.
• Tammy because she started those 18 months off so amazingly well.
• Lora because she's the queen of genuine compliments.
• Alfred Lord Tennyson for having the courage to write in the middle of his grief and change my world forever.
  
• Ann Marie because she writes prose like its poetry.
• Janelle for inspiring me to learn the guitar.
• Erica for being exactly the kind of friend I needed during the time I needed it.
• Liz for pushing aside worries and going for her PhD.
• Stacy because she's getting married this summer.
• Sara for her blog and happiness.
• Evelyn for her clear mind.
• Becky for so so so many reasons and I can't just pick one.
• Em Johnson for her honesty.
• EmBun for her writing.
• Deja because she looks in peoples' eyes.
• Katie Madson because she is the most open-hearted loveable friend I have.
• England Rachel because she totally tells it how it is.
• Anna because she is wise and engaged.
• Alison because she is so stinking smart.
• Annieroo because they are having a baby!
• Corey because she cried while reading star wars and has the best heart and also I covet her hair.
• Katherine because she takes life by the horns.
• Alyssa because rarely have I known a more humble and charitable person.
• Julie because she sacrifices so willingly for beautiful things like children and our country.
• Julia and Kirsti because it feels good being around them.
• Pablo because he is one of my most thoughtful friends.
• Em Olson because I admire her more than she knows.
• Christina E. because that girl is all heart.
• Angie because she is inspiring.
• Becca P. because she makes everyone around her feel better.
• Juliet because she has a talent for friendship.
• Jessi H. because that girl is spiritually well beyond her years and I love talking to her.
• Ruth because she's the best visiting teacher I've ever had and is, if this doesn't sound cheesy, an angel in my life.
• Melissa P. because she remembered me on a tough day.
• Joe because although we could talk for days, he know when to listen.
• Bob because he loves puns.
• Richie because he's my fratello.
• Chris because he put a note on my car thinking I wouldn't find out it was him.
• Christan for her dance moves.
• Katie Dahl for being a dear dear friend.
• Steve for loving me at a time I needed someone to love me.
• Joni because I could talk to her for hours.
• Jessi O. because I needed a roommate like her that summer.
• Allison W. for the same reason as Jessi and because of Russell.
• Amanda and Sariah for talking to me tonight.
• All of the Watson family for being my second family.
• Bishop Ruffner for knowing me.
• Bishop Heaps for shaking my hand every Sunday.
• John for going above and beyond his home teacher duties.
• Shane for always speaking to me in Italian.
• Tawna for buying me a book of poetry when she barely knew me.
• Brett for his example.
• Chet for listening to the whole story.
• Kyle for making fun of me every chance he gets.
• James for always stopping by to tell stories.
• Jarom because he understands true charity better than almost anyone.
• Harris for loving the work as much as I do.
  
• Peter for being my biggest example.
• Tucker for letting me make fun of his Australian accent.
• Clark for being entirely random.
• Scottie for pretending to be a total punk but still showing up on my doorstep at 2 AM when he needed a friend.
  
• Tyler for being just awesome always always.
• Trev for his hugs.
• Aunt Joanie for being Grandma Joanie for so long.
  
• Nate for being in my top 5 most influential people in my life.
• Matthew for calling me today just to chat.
  
• Jessica Jenkins for her continued friendship and confidence.
• Rick Duerden for changing my education.
• Coldplay for their music at this time in my life.
• Haylee because I love her.
• Gina because that girl can dance.
• Michelle because I really enjoy her.
• All of my Italians for teaching me what it means to love.
• Leigh because we went on a date to Starbucks.
• Joel because he's Joel.
• Ashley Poulton because years ago she showed me the importance of saying thank you.

I could keep going for a long long time but I'll save more for a later date. Thank you to all the people I love.