Grateful

For the last couple of weeks, I felt extra grateful about my life in general.

August 6th in 2001 was the day I came to the U.S. to study at Florida State University. It's been 5 years since I started living alone in this country. While I was celebrating my 5th year anniversary (and going through some difficult time around that period) in the U.S., I appreciated my friends around me. Let's think about it for secound.
These friends are from diverse backgrounds and i wouldn't be able to meet these cool people if I stayed in Korea.
Once again I realized that i have great support system.

Whenever I need advice in my life, I still ask for my parents' opinions. I just can't ask more for better parents than them.
When I need spiritual support, I have Jay and Joyce
When I need emotional support, i have Paul.
When I want different opinions from Paul, I have Eric.
When I want straightforward opinions, i have Joyce, Ferdinand, and Beatrix,
When I want to talk about guys and go out for dancing, I have Becky
When I want to go shopping, I have Kate
When I need academic support and advice, I get it from Ben and Clint
When I want to talk about drinks, I have Ben and Ferdinand
When I want to go out in NJ, I have fellowship group girls from the Praise church
I also have sister-like friends, Jeehyae, Youngjoo, Joohyun, Soyoung, and of course my cousins, Lois, Angie, and Jenny
I have my American mom, my aunt
My american grandmother, Ms. Isaacs
My friends from back in Korea - Soojin, Kumok, and Hyekyung.
I have friends who miss me from Singapore, Jason and Bryan. ;)
Even my project manager who I had tough time to get along in the beginning became one of my closest friends at work.

I wonder what kind of friend I am to them. I hope I can be a good supporter to their lives as well.

I thank God for bringing us together. :)