Giving Thanks.

 In the United States of America today is a holiday.  Or you might even say it is a “holy day”.  It is a day to pause and give thanks for the myriad blessings we have been given to us by our Heavenly Father.

Some items on my gratitude list:

My dear husband who is so kind and generous and thoughtful and treats me with love every day

Our angel family to include our siblings and their families

The most wonderful friends imaginable

This glorious beautiful earth on which we are privileged to live

A church which builds my spirit and gives us many opportunities to serve

A very comfortable home

A neighborhood of very kind and thoughtful people

A pond where in the last little while the alligator has not been singing

Tools that help us tackle our own needs such as strollers and bicycles and self-propelled lawnmowers and garden hoses

A car that runs very well and is paid for

No debt

Money enough to fund my charitable projects

Opportunities to learn about health and how to improve it

Nearby grocery stores

Nearby craft stores

Nearby hardware stores

Work to do to keep ourselves busy and productive and feeling virtuous

Music everywhere

Libraries with very helpful staff

Telephones that work

Electricity, and other utilities to keep us warm and comfy

Birds in the backyard singing their hearts out

Vacations every so often

And today the blessing of making many many pies for the Marines who serve us all and who are willing to  give their lives on our behalf if called upon to do so

This box of dinner was brought home to me from the Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station Thanksgiving dinner where Dear One and sister’s husband went to serve the Marines and take them 137 pies.  I helped make pies but did not go to the base.  My sister stayed home this year for the first time in ten years since she and her husband started the homemade pie project.  She remained at home because after getting up way before dawn and making eleven more pies, she had an accident which encouraged her to stay home.  She will be fine but was uncomfortable and let discretion guide her today.

I am so grateful for all the above and so MANY MORE!  I know you are, too.  Spending a moment to enumerate a few of the things for which one is grateful can make our hearts sing with joy.

May you all have had a very happy Thanksgiving.