Day #6: #288 Thank someone for something you usually take for granted

288. Thank someone for something you usually take for granted.

I’m a big USC fan. Actually most of the people in my life, including family and friends, are USC fans, specifically football. My mom has had season tickets for football for a few years now. However, she can’t usually go to the night games, for a variety of reasons. So the games she can’t go to, I take my best friend Dash.

He is awesome. We’ve been best friends for eight years now, and he’s been there for me through some of my darkest times. And he’s an uber SC fan like I am, which is even better! Since our family’s car accident, I’ve luckily been able to hang out with him a few times, because he comes to pick me up. We went to Harvest Crusade, he did both Baker drives for Ryan and refused to let me drive because of my back, etc. He is awesome. He offered to pick me up and drive to the game, because otherwise we wouldn’t have a way to get there. While I was waiting for him to pick me up, I realized I’ve come to expect him to pick me up. Granted, I used to pick him up pretty much every time we hung out so I have come to expect that he’ll do the same now that the situation is reversed. But that doesn’t make it ok.

So when he picked me up, I did the same thing to him that I did to my mom the night before. I smiled and told him “Thank you, tons, for everything. The rides, the help, being my best friend, all of it. I don’t often remember to say thank you, so thank you. Very much.” He leaned over and hugged me.

We often take the little everyday things for granted. And sometimes the not so everyday or little things. Take a moment to tell someone thank you. You’ll both feel better about it.

What have you taken for granted lately? Who have you thanked lately? Post it in the comments!