Thanksgiving 2014

30 days of Thanksgiving 2014

Thanksgiving

 Time for the annual month of Thanksgiving...

Day 1 
I am thankful for rain.

Day 2
I am thankful for a home that is shelter from the elements and is also a safe place to just be.
  
Day 3 
I am very thankful for good health. I pray it continues. I am certainly doing my part. 

Day 4 
I am thankful to have the ability to freely vote and have a voice in elections. For everyone who votes there are many who don't bother. However small your voice it doesn't count if you don't vote.

Day 5 
I am thankful for my parents. I feel fortunate to have four of them all still here. My parents are all available any time and even though we are distanced by the miles the phone is only a moment away.

Day 6
I am incredibly thankful that even though I lost a husband I did not lose the family I have been a part of for the past 35 years. Love you and am thankful for you...Ida Thomas, William Thomas, Mandy Hale Thomas, Ron Thomas, David Thomas, Ellen Hagen Collins and those not on FB...

Where did day 7 go? Ok here it is again.
I am so incredibly thankful for my daughters. They are all beautiful, strong young women today. They make good decisions and are always ready to help a friend in need. They also have compassion for the needy in society without judgement.
I am blessed to be their Mom.

Day 8 
I am thankful God heals the heart. Today was bittersweet but I am not in pain anymore. I have accepted what life holds and that it is always changing. I know I am not alone and that God has a plan for me. I look forward to the future and all the surprises ahead.

Day 9 I am thankful for literacy. It is more than just the mechanics of reading and writing. I love teaching reading, writing, logic and how to interpret what is written.

Day 10
I am thankful for seasons. In SoCal I was aware that there are four seasons. We did seasonal crafts with the kids...Now I have experienced four seasons. I love it!

Day 11
I will jump into the holiday thanks for our service men and women. I am thankful for all who have served.

Day 12
I am thankful for heat. This morning it was 19 degrees when we got up. I was toasty in my bed but as soon I I got up...freezing. I will say I breath well in the cold air at night so as long as we are bundles up the cold nights are welcome. We are not used to using heaters so this is a new experience for us and we will see how well we manage the delicate balance between the need for heat and keeping the electric bill down. We are in an all electric townhome. Even cooking has been an adjustment for me.

Day 13 
I am thankful for baking...there is nothing better to warm up your day than baking a pie or bread or cookies or cake or... You fill in the blank. I love to bake.

Day 14 
I am thankful for family.

Day 15
I am thankful for the holidays. I love both Thanksgiving and the entire Christmas season through Twelfth Night. It is such a fun time of year especially with children. The kids have already spied some of Santa's elves checking out kid behavior in the stores. Shhh...our elves are on their way.

Day 16 
I am thankful that the people who really know me really know me. They know my beliefs and that I don't judge others. They know that I love and accept people where they are in life. 
They know that the rose colored glasses have to be forcibly ripped from my eyes and they love me enough to not rip them away but be gentle. 
They know me enough to not believe stuff heard or written about me that does not fit what they know about me.
They know my character has not changed and will not change because of life stuff. 
These are the people in my life that I am very thankful are my friends.

(English buffs please excuse any grammatical errors in above post.) 

Day 17 
Sometimes it's the little things...the frost patterns on the window, the scents of fall, the warm gloves and scarves. I am thankful for the little things every day.

Day 18
I am thankful that I get to spend every day with my grandchildren. I love to play and teach and am privileged to be trusted enough to homeschool them with my daughter. It is exciting to help children find their gifts and develop their strengths.

Day 19
I am thankful even during the midst of the storms.

Day 20
I am thankful my children and grandchildren have great imaginations and Know how to really play. Playing takes time and I know a lot of kids don't have time anymore. I am grateful we have been able to make the time for play.

Day 21
I am thankful for the love of learning and that it has been handed down the generations. My parents have a love for learning, my siblings and myself love to learn, my children and grandchildren all love to learn. It is a lifelong quest.

Day 22 
I am thankful to have had the joy of knowing my grandparents and my children and grandchildren get to know, love and have their grandparents and great grandparents in their lives.

Day 23
I am thankful for friendships that stand the test of time and trials.

Day 24
I am thankful for the ability to adapt. I have seen and experienced the ability to adapt to change and life circumstances in my own life. I have also seen that the ability to adapt is not easy for many so I am thankful for the ability to adapt.

Day 25
I am thankful for light. All kinds of light...daylight, light bulbs, moonlight, flashlight, candlelight.

Day 26
I am thankful I know God loves me and He loves you also. He loves me the way I am right now and he love you in whatever stage or circumstance you are in right now. He love me always and he loves you from before you were born. He loves me even when I'm wrong and he loves you even if you don't love Him.

Day 27
Happy Thanksgiving. Today is a day we stop and reflect about all the Blessings we have in this country.

Day 28  
I am thankful for Christmas trees and lights and Santa and Elves and Christmas music and nativity scenes and...
Can you tell the decorating has begun? Fun fun fun

Day 29
I am thankful that my daughters like having me around. It would be very lonely if they didn't.

Day 30
I'm so excited today. We are surprising the kids with a trip on the Polar Express in Chahalis. They don't know yet. 
I am thankful for surprises!