Wrapping Up 2025 with a Grateful Heart
12/01/2025
As December begins and the year gently winds to a close, I find myself returning to a familiar grounding practice: Gratitude. This season invites a quiet kind of reflection—a pause to acknowledge the people, experiences, and lessons that shaped 2025, and the strength that emerged through both joy and challenge. This year, gratitude feels less like a list and more like a tapestry—threads of connection, growth, and love woven together through the moments that mattered most. As I reflect, these are the blessings rising closest to my heart:
For a family who stands stronger when life asks more of us
This year reminded me how deeply we thrive when we lean on one another. Through uncertainty and transition, my family’s unity has been a pillar of strength—an unspoken understanding that we rise together.
For my upbringing with the kindest parents
Their quiet generosity, unwavering love, and gentle wisdom have shaped my foundation. I carry their values with me into every space I enter.
For a sister whose bravery inspires me daily
Her strength this year has been a testament to resilience—a reminder that courage often looks like quiet determination, tender yet steadfast, and deeply human.
For mentors who inspired and influenced me throughout my journey thus far
Their guidance has illuminated new paths, challenged me to expand, and encouraged me to step fully into my purpose.
For a fiancé who remains my constant
Through long days, new chapters, and unexpected turns, he has been my anchor—someone who supports my growth, steadies my spirit, and loves with quiet consistency in all the ways that matter most.
For a fulfilling career serving the senior population
My work continues to be one of my greatest sources of meaning. Walking alongside older adults, hearing their stories, and supporting their health journeys with compassion and lifestyle-forward, evidence-based care is a privilege I never take lightly.
For a life rooted in giving and humanity
To care, to serve, to uplift—these are values instilled in me early on and strengthened throughout the years. I’m grateful for a life that aligns with these truths.
For empowerment—both my own and that of the people I am honored to reach
Gratitude deepens when it is shared. The voices I uplift, the patients I guide, the students I teach, and the communities I support all remind me that empowerment is a gift both given and received.
And most recently…
For the fun, joy, and honor of being the best Auntie to Noah I can be
Welcoming my nephew brought a tenderness into my life that I didn’t know I needed. He is a reminder of innocence, hope, and the purest kind of joy.
As I step into the final weeks of 2025, I’m grateful for every lesson, every connection, and every moment that softened or strengthened me. May we all continue to carry gratitude forward—not only during the holidays, but as a daily practice shaping how we show up in the world.
Wishing everyone a hopeful, peaceful, grateful, and heart-centered season!
~Nhi Do, PA-C, IFMCP, DipACLM