THANKSGIVING GRATITUDE

10/29/2014

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR when we like to count our blessings. One of the things I'm thankful for is my crazy, fun, supportive family. (Here I am at one of my book signings, surprised by my goofy big brother Ben, who loves to crash the party in silly costumes). How about you? What are you thankful for? Share with us. And the day before Thanksgiving we'll pick one lucky winner to receive a packet of Sheila Christmas books.

109 Comments

Leslie Hults link

10/31/2014 12:12:50 am

I am thankful for my wonderful husband who has survived a major heart attack. I am thankful for my 3 sons who have all served in the Military for protecting our freedom and coming home safe. I am thankful for my 2 wonderful and beautiful daughter-in-laws and for a terrific grandson.

Rita Wray

11/1/2014 01:10:02 am

I'm thankful for my wonderful family.

Kimberley C

11/1/2014 01:17:32 am

I am thankful for my children and grandchildren. I am thankful that God has given me the strength to not be bitter and take 1 day at a time( my husband of 34 1/2 years decided our marriage was over and left -telling me he was going to a gun show . Telling me in a note that he was gone). At this point in time, I have come to the conclusion that for my good I must wish the best for him. Hope for the best for me and live . I count my blessings which are many and hold that thought in my heart and soul.

Jennifer Essad

11/1/2014 01:23:39 am

I'm thankful for each and every day, being able to call or text our children who are grown and living on their own (out of state). Just knowing they're doing ok gives me comfort. I'm looking forward to us all being together this Thanksgiving. I appreciate how your brother is there for you, with comedy and love. Happy November, Thanksgiving!

Sharlene Wegner

11/1/2014 01:27:25 am

Glad you are on the other side of the chemo & hope you continue to heal. I have something to be thankful for this week, actually. My transmission went & I went to an honest transmission mechanic who told me to check with the dealer to see if there was an extended warrenty for the transmission. There was one that went to 120,000 miles. My car had 119,300 miles. I got a new transmission for free, just under the wire!

Rebecca

11/1/2014 01:27:35 am

I am most thankful for my family.

susan atkins link

11/1/2014 01:31:33 am

I am thankful for my family and our good health

Gail Hollingsworth

11/1/2014 01:48:22 am

I'm thankful to be cancer-free, for my family, getting to keep grand kids each day, for my husband of 33+ years and the fact we both enjoy camping and last but not least I'm thankful for you Sheila and your wonderful gift of writing that God has bestowed on you. When I'm reading one of your books I'm in a happy place!

Janie

11/1/2014 02:00:56 am

I am so very thankful that my daughter-in-law's breast cancer had not spread to her lymph nodes. And so very proud of my son's loving care of her after surgery. Blessings to you in your recovery Sheila.

Nancy O'Brien

11/1/2014 02:26:46 am

I'm thankful for family and friend's of course. I'm thankful for living in Florida where it is sunshiny most of the time and in January and February it is warm and not having to shovel snow.

Debbie Turner

11/1/2014 02:38:15 am

I am thankful for my family and friends. I am also thankful to God for everything he has done for me. I have a roof over my head and food on my table. I am blessed.

Paula Malo

11/1/2014 02:50:36 am

I am thankful for the many memories that I have of my youngest son, Todd. The holidays are always hard for me. Todd died in a house fire while attending Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA. in 2003. Those memories have helped me get thru each day. Also, the closeness with my other children, the continued support of friends and family (they continue to be there for us) have helped our whole family get thru our grief of missing Todd. He was a wonderful son and missed dearly.

Vicki Schwichtenberg

11/1/2014 03:48:52 am

Simple pleasures. I am most grateful for all of life's simple pleasures - warm blankets on a cold evening, hanging out with my unique family, tasty food when I am hungry, friends to share the fun of good times and the pain of bad times, and at the end of the day a nice shower, clean jammies, warm hugs and prayers of thanks to God for all of these blessings.

Rachel B

11/1/2014 05:28:37 am

I am thankful that I have a new job finally, after 18 months of being unemployed. I am thankful that my nephew is healthy and happy and so adorable. I'm thankful that my parents are healthy, that my husband is moving forward in his career and that we live in an awesome city with real restaurants and not just chains.

Kai W.

11/1/2014 05:31:38 am

I'm thankful that my Mom is still alive after last year after being hospitalized for close to six months. I'm also thankful that my cat was able to recover from his nasal infection in the last couple of months. I thankful that my sister was able to find another job after being laid off. I got a lot to be thankful.

Deborah Gajee

11/1/2014 05:56:32 am

I am thankful for my husband, my children, extended family, and my friends, including my two BFFs.

Cynthia E. Blaiin

11/1/2014 06:24:26 am

I am feeling grateful for having another year of life and being with my husband of almost 51 years as of Nov. 28th. Our plans for this year were to be going on an 5 island cruise to celebrate our anniversary, as last year we didn't get to go as we had planned, and again this year health issues have forced us to stay on dry land and at home. But I am grateful that our daughter and her husband and our three grandchildren will still be able to go on the cruise and that they will come back with wonderful memories and stories for us to hear and smile about and lots of photos to see. I am grateful for every day that I can tolerate pain and that I am able to continue to be hopeful for some kind of recovery even if not complete, but better than currently. I am so grateful to my husband and our children, my son in law and our three precious grandchildren, my sister in law, and other friends who make my life worth living. Wishing everyone a happy and healthy Thanksgiving.

Barbara VW

11/1/2014 06:54:50 am

Watching my grandchildren grow up.

Amanda L.

11/1/2014 07:38:46 am

Goodness. Let me see: my family of course! And my job, and my friends. I could keep going on because I am grateful for so much!!

Debbie Rudder

11/1/2014 08:01:38 am

I'm truly thankful for my granddaughter who is two. Now Our family has been blessed again since we find out this week Aubrey will getting a little brother or sister.

Marie Roberts

11/1/2014 08:32:46 am

I am thankful for my better half. He is my rock. Always supports me in all things and is always here for me.

Janice Hougland

11/1/2014 09:41:26 am

I'm thankful for many things, but especially thankful this year because our 44-year-old son, long considered a permanent bachelor, just announced his engagement to a wonderful gal (divorced) who brings with her three young boys! We are getting three more grandsons to pamper and love. So excited! The wedding will be mid-2015.

Jean Mangels

11/1/2014 10:53:52 am

I just bought The Lodge on Holly Road and look forward to reading it.

Cindy Tew

11/1/2014 11:08:03 am

I'm thankful for my 4 babies who aren't babies anymore!

Dixie Neitzel

11/1/2014 12:23:47 pm

I m thankful for family,friends,health,& my job!!

Nancy Luebke

11/1/2014 01:10:17 pm

I'm thankful I found out why I was falling and it wasn't a tumor.

Cathy Genna

11/1/2014 01:10:50 pm

I'm thankful for my friends & family. I truly love my pets and am so thankful that I'm able to help be a voice for animals in need, abusedetc. I've made a difference in animal abuse laws and in the lives of hundreds of rabbits.

Cherri-Anne Boitson

11/1/2014 01:36:27 pm

Hi Sheila! Thank you for this contest!! I am Canadian so of course I have already celebrated my Thanksgiving, but since it is something that I am thankful every single day, I wanted to share with you as well. long story sorta short - Summer of 2011 I got really sick with c-difficile, my colon almost ruptured. THANKFULLY I did not have to have surgery but that was because they weren't sure I would survive the surgery, I was THAT sick! I found that part out a few months after I was released from my one full month hospital stay. I have never fully recovered from it and I have a lot of internal damage and internal scaring. I am THANKFUL that I was still living with my parents (even though I was 38 at the time), THANKFUL that they are my best friends (my poor Dad sure learnt a LOT about his daughter that I am pretty sure he never wanted to know! LOL) and THANKFUL that they are younger and healthy enough that they are able to take care of me, and in a weird way, I am also THANKFUL that I am single with no kids. I would not be able to raise them, since I need some help all the time. I joke that here they are getting ready to retire and here they are re-raising their now 41 yr old like she is about 8! I have been on disability ever since and unless something changes, I will always be on disability. I cannot do anything that puts pressure on my gut, like sitting, bending, lifting, carrying, etc. I am on a lot of pain meds that really zap my brain levels, so I haven't been driving, cooking, working, I have to watch what I wear, what I do, etc.etc. I do also now have ulcerative colitis, so combined with the internal colon damage I really have to watch what I eat, when, how much, eating with doing anything active like drs appts. etc. I need to be close by a bathroom at all times, etc.etc.etc. so all in all - I am very THANKFUL that I am here to tell my story, I am THANKFUL I did not have surgery, I am THANKFUL for the condition that I am in, since it very easily could be a LOT worse! I am SUPER THANKFUL for my parents, and also VERY THANKFUL that I have an awesome sheltie (Piper) that has helped me so much just by loving me! :)

Gretchen

11/1/2014 02:54:34 pm

My family

Lori

11/1/2014 11:33:36 pm

I am very thankful for my family! I am very lucky to still have my parents with me and I now have a daughter-in-law!

Dorothy Vicidomini

11/2/2014 12:21:23 am

My grandson was proclaimed a cancer survivor in February and he is just too cute, (excuse me handsome). Little kids are cute, he will be 16.

Robbie Bauldree

11/2/2014 01:48:09 am

I am thankful for God and my family.

Christie Rogers

11/2/2014 01:35:52 am

I'm thankful this year for my job at Walmart Market, that I got in August after nearly a year of searching. I'm also thankful that the lump in my right breast, earlier in the year, turned out to be benign & not cancerous.

Cynthia St. Germain

11/2/2014 05:50:49 am

I am grateful for my wonderful family and very close friends that are like family to me. I have one friend who is like a sister, and since I lost mine a few years ago, she has helped. I love the holidays because it brings a lot of families together that live far apart.

Ann Chapatte link

11/2/2014 05:54:36 am

I am thankful for my beautiful daughter, a roof over my head and I have a job!!

Joan

11/2/2014 05:57:34 am

I am thankful for my family and that my son and I have both survived cancer for another year.

Rita Navarre

11/2/2014 10:35:25 am

I am thankful for my family.

bn100

11/2/2014 01:30:20 pm

for family

Sandra

11/3/2014 01:52:59 am

I am thankful for the health and happiness of my family. I am thankful that my son and husband keep me laughing and one my toes. I am also thankful for good books, good friends, and good memories.

Jo Langenkamp

11/3/2014 02:57:16 am

I am grateful for the good health of all my close family (which is large!), including my 87 year old mother. Thank you.

cheryl c.

11/3/2014 04:57:26 am

I have SO many blessings to be thankful for...family, friends, my home, good health, etc.

Anita

11/3/2014 06:45:45 am

This year I am most thankful for my boyfriend Justin. I lost my grandma whom I have lived witth sincfe I was a week old. It has been the absolute hardest time of my life. He has been my support system and my rock. I am lucky to have found such a loving person to be with. These holidays are going to be so hard but I think with him by my side, I will survive.

Ruby Norwood link

11/4/2014 12:45:29 am

I just bought the book "The Lodge On Holly Road" can't wait to read it.

Bethre

11/6/2014 01:46:45 am

I'm thankful my family and our health

Aaron

11/7/2014 01:03:59 am

I am thankful for having cats and books...both keep me busy.

Mary Minjares

11/7/2014 01:41:04 am

This year, especially, I'm thankful for being fortunate to have medical insurance. I know there are many who do not! On a happier note, I'm also thankful that I live less than 30 minutes from the happiest place on Earth....DISNEYLAND!!

alisha woods

11/8/2014 08:18:50 am

Thankful I have a family that allows me to live with during tough times

Carol Woodruff

11/9/2014 08:46:14 am

I don't have any kids so at my age I am thankful for my sisters visits and help. I am in a nursing home because I can no longer walk unassisted. I am also thankful for the help of the staff here and some of the residents.

Mary link

11/10/2014 10:19:12 pm

I'm especially grateful for my friends and family since I broke my hip in July. Everyone from my church, neighborhood, family, and friends have been so wonderful in offering to help me.
Mary

Sherry Owen

11/11/2014 05:49:38 am

I am thrilled that I found The lodge on Holly Rd. I had not discovered Icicle Falls; so happy that I did.
Please give an up date on Santa & Olivia: wedding details ; also Brooke and Eric, John & Missy.
The weddings would make a great story for a new book. Of course we all would like to see the stork make a delivery!

Sherry Owen

11/11/2014 05:50:15 am

Lori R

11/11/2014 07:12:56 am

I am so thankful that my parents are still alive and in good health. I am also thankful for my new daughter-in-law! I have been very blessed this year!

Darlene

11/11/2014 07:16:30 am

I'm thankful for my family and that my parents are still in good health. I'm also thankful for the discovery of chocolate and coffee which I could not be able to function without!!!

Cathy Carruthers

11/11/2014 07:25:47 am

I'm so thankful for the many members of my extended family. That my Father at age 85 is healthy and content. My church family with their many blessings, help me make it through each and every day!

Betty

11/11/2014 07:39:25 am

I'm thankful for my silly adult children, at our Thanksgiving dinner, how we can ALL cut it up with jokes, tricks, and lots of laughs! But, we know when it's time to be serious, but then all of a sudden, one of us, you never know which one of us, will break that seriousness, with a comical reply, or imitating an actor/actress! Then, the laughs start all over again! (Of course, after everyone looks around the room to see who will break the ice/seriousness with a laugh!) Love making these memories with the ones you truly love and are truly thankful for!

Connie Saunders

11/11/2014 07:47:42 am

I am also grateful for my family and so thankful that my husband and I are grandparents for the first time. This Thanksgiving, we will give thanks for lit 9 month old granddaughter!

Kathy Elliott

11/11/2014 07:49:05 am

I am thankful for many things in life but let's be honest here, I'm thankful for authors like you whom produce books for us book reading lovers to enjoy

Doris Lankford

11/11/2014 07:57:47 am

I am thankful for my loving and supportive family and for my friends who love me like family. I am thankful I have a job I love and a home to come to after work. I also am thankful for my cats who love me unconditionally.

Donna Sitler link

11/11/2014 08:56:20 am

My life.

Suzan

11/11/2014 09:00:29 am

My wonderful family, small as it is.

Sherry Owen

11/11/2014 09:31:49 am

I have just discovered Icicle Falls. Wonderful characters!
Please write a sequel or sequels to"The Lodge on Holly Road".
It would be nice to read about Santa and Olivia's wedding as well as Brooke and Eric's; not to mention that John and Missy will be planning a wedding too.
Follow up with matches for Dylan and Brandon and of course a visit or two from the stork. I see 2 or more books here.
I can't wait to read the other Icicle Falls books and to meet the characters at the other establisments

shari

11/11/2014 11:56:10 am

I am thankful for my husband's health. He was very sick last spring and made a complete recovery. It teaches us to live each day fully.

Rose Adan

11/11/2014 12:53:25 pm

I AM SO grateful for my big beautiful family I have 6 sisters and four brothers were all spread all over the country my Brother and his wife has had a hard year there little grandson has cancer and just finished chemo This month were all grateful he is doing so well I'm also grateful last month our first grand son was born just a day before my Birthday and just a week later after that we celebrated our twenty-third wedding Anniversary I have many reasons to be Thankful this Thanks giving

Markus Price

11/11/2014 01:25:55 pm

I am thankful each day for the kindness and love that I receive from family and friends. Thankful for a home where there is heat in every room and for the food on our table. So thankful that I was able to bear three children whom I deeply love and have given me three beautiful grandchildren. Thankful for authors such as you Sheila that have the talent to write such entertaining books. And,of course, thankful for the cuddles and love of my precious dog Maggie.

Kristi Lewis

11/11/2014 01:30:47 pm

How fun, looks like you have a great brother! He really loves you, most brothers would just be standing in the wings.

Jackie Wisherd

11/12/2014 11:22:21 am

The thing I am most thankful for is my good health...then my family.

Joye

11/13/2014 12:02:44 am

I am thankful for the usual things but especially thankful for Guttenberg who invented movable type and for my teachers who taught me to read that type.

Ruth Lyons Mazur

11/13/2014 12:08:42 am

i'm thankful for my family - my amazing husband, my wonderful son, my beautiful daughter-in-law, and, my two precious grandsons. I feel blessed to have them living close to me, so, I get to see them often. I'm also thankful for my many friends who are always there for me, as I am for them. And, I'm also thankful for my faith that has helped me thru some difficult times. Amen.

Jane Ann Gardner

11/13/2014 01:01:17 am

This is a great picture of you Sheila Roberts. Life is short and big laughs are the best. I am thankful I married a man who after 35 years of marriage I can laugh with and start and end each day with. There is a lot to be said for the humor in marriage.

Virginia Lloyd

11/13/2014 11:22:24 pm

I'm so thankful for my family! By the way, I like seeing family supporting each other! You have a fun family!

Bev Kreider link

11/14/2014 04:34:00 am

One of the things I am thankful for is my eyesight. I love to read and I would love to win the package of books. I am thankful for my family and friends!

Ann Chapatte link

11/18/2014 02:45:44 am

I am thankful for so many things!! But I am most thankful for my awesome daughter, Jen!!!!

Susan Shearer

11/18/2014 03:44:17 am

I'm thankful for the beautiful country around me. I love the snow and this time of year. I am thankful being close to my family and depending on each other. Getting to know my cousins is so much fun and so thankful that they are still here for me to do so.

Mary

11/18/2014 03:44:26 am

I'm grateful for my husband for many reasons...one of which is that he works so hard, enabling me to stay home!

Sherry Chuhay link

11/18/2014 03:46:25 am

I am so thankful the my Lord went to the cross for me, my family and life.

Jayme M

11/18/2014 03:46:46 am

I'm thankful for my family, they are crazy and kooky and I love them all!

Fran Swarts

11/18/2014 03:51:14 am

I am thankful for my family and friends. The jobs my hubby and I still have. And for us being together for another year.

Linda Shook

11/18/2014 03:51:40 am

I'm thankful that I live in a country where we can come and go as we please, we can read what we want to read our TV and radio is not restricted...I hope that never changes. Happy Thanksgiving in your new home.

Michelle Dodge

11/18/2014 03:52:08 am

I am thankful for a supportive husband. Blessed with family - both by blood and by marriage - that we support each other. And appreciative of the beautiful state I live in and that is has all 4 seasons. (Even though some may be shorter than others! LOL)

Ashleigh Zurlo

11/18/2014 03:52:10 am

Im thankful for my 3 month old son. After two still born deaths, he is our little miracle baby!

Virginia Lloyd

11/18/2014 03:54:32 am

I am thankful for this time in my life where I can be with my husband of 47 years daily. Life is to be savored. I savored our early years, the time years of rearing our children. Also savored were the years when I worked in the educational arena. Back to the now, this time is cherished. I am so blessed!

Doris Lankford

11/18/2014 04:00:20 am

I am thankful for my loving and supportive husband, my wonderful daughter and son-in-law and my four cats.

Amy Lang

11/18/2014 04:03:05 am

I am thankful for my loving husband & my loving parents, my great friends and my good health!

Ruth Lyons Mazur

11/18/2014 04:08:09 am

i am thankful for my wonderful family - my loving husband of 46 years, my amazing son, my beautiful daughter-in-law and my two precious grandsons. I'm thankful for my extended family and friends, my strong faith and the blessed and fulfilled life I've been able to live.

Teresa

11/18/2014 04:11:13 am

I grateful that I had the love of a wonderful family, especially now that they are all gone. Wonderful memories !

Colleen S.

11/18/2014 04:11:33 am

I'm thankful for the chance to be a GamGam (grandma) to 3 wonderful little sibling children that my son and daughter-in-law are currently fostering and hoping to adopt. Life is so much better with grandchildren! :)

Tina Duckwald

11/18/2014 04:31:38 am

I am thankful that I am finally living near my brother and sister and their families. Now instead of seeing each other every 5 years, they are only minutes away. This will be our first Thanksgiving together in over 25 years.

Vanessa McBride link

11/18/2014 04:36:22 am

I am thankful for my loving family,and Very Thankful that my Sisters brain tumor was benign and she will not have to heave surgery to remove it.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family,
Vanessa McBride

Bridget Taylor

11/18/2014 05:08:37 am

Grateful for my family. Without them, I am nothing.

cindy jones

11/18/2014 05:29:24 am

What I am thankful for is my family and for God letting us get up everyday to do the things we have to do. I am thankful I can read so I can read books like yours. I am just thankful for being.

Janet Parker

11/18/2014 06:05:14 am

I am thankful for the life that God has given me. There have been a lot of hits and misses, but with each trial there is a silver lining at the end. I have met and became friends with a lot of people along this path called life!

Jessica

11/18/2014 07:33:29 am

I am thankful that I have two wonderful children and a husband that makes me laugh and feel special every day. I am also thankful that he inspired me to educate myself more by showing me the magic in a story.

Laurie Kenny

11/18/2014 08:06:33 am

After the last couple of years I am thankful for a warm home a great family and good friends ! To have a grandchild that lights up my life who sits with me and Lets me read my books to her!

Annie link

11/18/2014 08:16:17 am

I am thankful for my beautiful children. Already at 9 and 7 years old, they are thoughtful, faithful, intuitive and keep me on my toes! While they don't always get along, they always keep me laughing. Every bad day falls to the way-side the instant I see them after school. They are my greatest treasures!

Cynthia E. Blain

11/18/2014 08:28:07 am

I am very grateful for my family who has been there for me all the time, but especially since I have had my serious medical problems as of this past February. Without my husband doing all of the grocery shopping and 95% of meal preparation, the laundry, the housework, etc nothing would have gotten done.. My husband also does all of my wound care, my bandages and lifts my mobility scooter in and out of the SUV to all of my hospital and doctor appointments and there are many of them too; I could not live without this care. I am so grateful to my daughter for doing my extra type of shopping, errands and supplying me with my beautiful grandkids to keep my mind off the pain and most of all for the compassion and the time spent with me getting me through this medical situation. I would not be here to tell you how grateful I am if it were not for these two special people in my life. I am also grateful to my doctors for trying to find a cure for me and to all of the nurses at the hospital who were so understanding of my unusual problem which there seems to have no good results but they keep on trying to help. I am grateful that two antibiotics were finally found that I didn't have a horrible reaction to and were able to get through a few crisis especially since June when I was rushed into the hospital not knowing what to expect. I am grateful for authors who have written so many wonderful books for me to read while being confined to bed or a recliner for 22-23 hours a day and have been for ten months so far. I am hoping to do all of the book reviews for each book that I have read when I am finally able to sit at the computer for more than ten minutes at a time. I could go on and on but I am sure you now know that I am grateful for my life and those around me. And I have never forgotten the ordeal that you have been through either, and I hope that you have been given a clean bill of health Sheila. Thank you so much. Cynthia .

Gail Hollingsworth

11/18/2014 11:12:37 am

I'm thankful for my family, friends, being a cancer survivor, being able to walk, see, hear, use my arms, smell (especially coffee) and have a roof over my head and clothes on my back.

Karen Morrell

11/18/2014 11:18:41 am

I'm thankful for each of the 41 years I've been teaching, and for all of the wonderful blessings and opportunities to be a part of educating so many children, including my 6 grandchildren who attend or have attended my school.

Marla

11/18/2014 11:40:50 am

I'm so grateful for having my parents close by and for getting a job again. It's tough out there. I'm thankful for my health and that I can lead a very healthy lifestyle.

Nicole Potter

11/18/2014 02:33:42 pm

I'm thankful for my husband and two cats! I don't know where I'd be without my little family :)

Sheila Roberts

11/18/2014 10:24:00 pm

So much for which to be grateful.

Anita

11/25/2014 11:52:30 pm

I didn't see my comment posted and I posted the first day

Bob Boberson

11/19/2014 01:16:09 am

Yes there is!

Michele Gray

11/19/2014 02:16:19 am

Thankful that my dad is cancer free after he was given very slim odds of survival.

Tressa Russell

11/19/2014 06:08:06 am

Although this year has been difficult, as we lost mom just a few days after the ringing in of the New Year, I give thanks for the wonderful memories. Even though the pain from losing her is great, I am thankful just knowing that I was blessed with a mother who was there for me, and loved me unconditionally.

I am thankful for my wonderful husband—who loves me, and makes me feel like a princess, even when I’m not at my best (ie. my hair looks like a hornet’s nest, dressed in my favorite, but less-than-appealing pajamas, or my hands are elbow deep in dirty, sudsy dishwasher). Also, I am thankful for the comforts of a warm home. And of course, for our precious, little “fur babies” (even though they love to wake us up at all hours of the morning…sometimes pouncing on our feet, and yes, even slamming doors, to get our attention).

Also, I am thankful for the kindness of strangers that has continued to amaze me. I feel they must have been sent from heaven to help guide me during this challenging time, and for that I will be eternally grateful.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Andrea Kershaw

11/23/2014 10:53:17 pm

Thankful.............something I have reflected on this year. Besides family, friends and things like that , I have come to truly appreciate and be thankful for nature. The seasons, watching animals, insects, flowers, birds, clouds, the colors of everything..........the mystery of the ocean, peacefulness at the beach, the quietness of our cabin in the middle of the woods, listening to rain, snow blanketing our neighborhood, feeling sunshine on my face.........every day is new, every day has wonder......that is what I am thankful for.

Kelly Jorgenson

11/23/2014 11:16:48 pm

I'm thankful everyday for my wonderful family and friends. For my home, my job and food in frig. I'm trying harder to take less for granted and be thankful everyday. I'm very thankful and blessed with two wonderful sons.

Rose P.

11/23/2014 11:29:16 pm

I am most thankful my family is back under one roof and is working on healing from the destruction of the last year.
I'm thankful my mom is cancer free and I get to keep my best friend awhile longer.
I am thankful I have a family that loves me as much as they do and when it gets tough they circle the wagons and help you in ways you didn't imagine they could.
I am thankful I get one more day to mold, encourage and love the daughters I am blessed with. God willing I will have many more.
I am thankful for my Dad and the love and encouragement he has given me my whole life.
I am thankful for my husband of 15 yrs and the love he has for me. I truly do hope there are many more years with him
I am thankful for my little brother who is always there supporting me in all that life tosses my way.
I am thankful for my God being who he is and loving Me despite everything I do and have done and he is always there to get me to the other side of my troubles, big or small.

Allie chapman

11/24/2014 01:31:30 am

My family

Terri Chlapek

11/24/2014 11:30:55 am

I'm thankful for the 10 wonderful years I had with my Miniature Schnauzer, Maggie, before we had to put her down this week. I'm thankful my father isn't suffering anymore.

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.

THANKSGIVING GRATITUDE

Leave a Reply.