A Week of Gratitude, Growth and Turning Another Year Wiser

By: Laura DeVaney | Co-Founder | Next Legacy Group

November 27, 2025

This week is special for me on many levels.

It’s Thanksgiving week…

It’s my birthday week…

And it’s a season where gratitude feels deeper, richer and more meaningful than ever before.

As I look back on this year—the challenges, the breakthroughs, the quiet moments, the unexpected blessings—one theme keeps rising above all the rest:

Gratitude is the currency that multiplies everything it touches.

I’ve realized that gratitude is more than a feeling; it’s a discipline, a leadership mindset, and a lens that shapes how we move through the world. It shifts our perspective, strengthens relationships, accelerates healing and aligns us with the opportunities meant for us.

And this year, I am especially grateful for three things:

1. Grateful for the Journey—Not Just the Destination

The last twelve months have been transformative. Building Next Legacy, growing as a leader and stepping deeper into stewardship have stretched me in ways I didn’t expect.

There were days of clarity and confidence and days when I found myself questioning the path in front of me.

But every lesson helped me grow.

Every challenge expanded my resilience.

Every opportunity deepened my sense of purpose.

And as our team walks properties, partners with operators and serves our investors with integrity, it has reminded me:

Legacy is built one intentional step at a time.

2. Grateful for the People Walking Beside Me

This year has reminded me that community is a gift.

I am profoundly grateful for:

Family. My foundation, my steady place of strength and the support that grounds every step of this journey.

Our Next Legacy Team. Who consistently show up with excellence, humility and heart as we build with intention.

Our Partners and Operators. Whose trust and collaboration allow us to carry out our mission with integrity.

Our investors. Who share our vision and entrust us to steward their capital with care and accountability.

Our Mentors. Past, present and future, whose wisdom continues to shape our growth and our path forward.

No one builds anything meaningful alone.

I feel surrounded, supported and strengthened, and that is a blessing I will never take for granted.

3. Grateful for the Calling to Steward Something Bigger Than Myself

At this stage of life, purpose means more than productivity.

Impact means more than income.

Stewardship means more than success.

Each property we walk…

Each partnership we evaluate…

Each investment we bring forward…

…is about helping families grow wealth, helping communities thrive and helping future generations stand on stronger foundations.

If there’s one thing I want to leave you with this Thanksgiving week, it’s this:

Gratitude transforms our blessings into abundance—and who we are into who we were created to become.

Thank you for being part of this journey.

Thank you for reading, supporting, praying, investing and believing.

My heart is full.

My plate is full.

My life is rich in the ways that matter most.

Here’s to another year of growth, purpose and legacy!