I love Thanksgiving, but not just for the food (although it is wonderful). This is a great time to reflect on our past year, our life, our situations.
I am thankful for the community I live in. There is no place I would rather be, this is a place where people care (truly care) about my family, this is a place of great opportunity. I could not imagine living anywhere else.
I get up and look forward to working. I don’t know what the day will bring, but I love it, even when it’s stressful, or uncomfortable, or frustrating. I have so much fun learning new things or incorporating what I already know into a new situation. I am thankful I get to do this everyday.
I am thankful for my friends, NOBODY has better friends than me. OK, your friends might be as good as mine, but they’re not better! I am thankful for my beautiful wife who has put up with me for 12 wonderful years. I am thankful for each day I have spent with her and thankful for everyday I get with her in the future. She shows me how to stay close to God. She shows me how to be strong despite the circumstances. I am thankful for my kids who show me how to laugh and remind me that all I can do is one day at a time. My kids make every day a day that is beyond worth living.
I am thankful for my family who is always there no matter how crazy, foolish or cranky I may be. They are there for me when I need them, and there for me when I don’t think I need them but I do.
What are you thankful for? Tell it. Say it. Write it. We are blessed in so many ways. Leave a comment! Share it. Be thankful!
Josh (and Family), I believe you have “said it (all)for each of us” that share your contents for what life is really all about. The non-material values we have in life are really the greatest attributes that make us thankful.
It remains a sad commentary for many around us, our state, our country, and the rest of the world that cannot participate in this celebration due to the multiplicity of human contraints, mainly because they don’t live in a place like Wausa. Our thoughts for those folks should be part of our (global) reflections…and you said it best, “I don’t think we need them, but we do.” HT-4U2!
I’m thankful to know God and understand that he is in control. It makes each day so much easier. I’m also thankful that when I forget what I know about that, He gently reminds me!
I’m thankful for time spent with family. We are having four days of little get-togethers. The weather is looking good for safe travel and we are all basically healthy. (No colds or flu) Monday we will be back to our routines and schedules.
There’s another thing to be thankful for, routines and schedules. It’s great to be busy!
Happy Thanksgiving!
I am thankful for our wonderful community that provides for our children. Including all of the activities they have in our town and our school system.
I am thankful for the family that came home and that they returned home safely.
I’m not trying to copy Joni, but I have to second what she said…
I am so very thankful that God is in control and that no matter what, He is not failing to notice what any of us are going through. He is bigger than any of our “giants” and He will make it all well in the end. That gives me joy every day.
I am thankful for family celebrations and the oportunity to give to others this Christmas season.
And I am thankful for the opportunity to over-eat at the Holidays. I love a good and overflowing plate of homemade food shared with family and friends!! Bring on the gravy!
Happy Holidays, everyone. May God Bless Wausa.