thankful thursdays 11/26

Nov 26, 2009

Thankful Thursdays on Thanksgiving? What a perfect combination!

* Today is my little Annesley’s birthday!! I am so thankful for her and the love she brings into our home. I already wrote all about her in her birthday post, so I won’t repeat it here, but just know, she is a delight to us all!
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* The majority of my family is here! Here at my house! This has never happened before and I am thrilled they decided to come and celebrate Thanksgiving and Annesley’s birthday with us! Thank you for coming Uncle Scott, Andie, Uncle Stephen, Grandma Dorothy and Grandpa Leonard!
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* I am thankful for my health. I learned about a friends’ son-in-law who has been sick for four years with a variety of undiagnosable problems. He has splitting headaches (so severe that they caused his retina to detach this week), he requires daily IV treatments, he has been to SLC, The Moran Clinic, The Mayo Clinic and specialists in California for hundreds of appointments and no one knows what is wrong with him. Meanwhile he is in so much pain that he cannot work or participate in many activities with his family,
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* I am thankful for good friends who bless my life every single day. Just yesterday we had a Turkey Bowl (flag football game) in the snow and today a friend brought us some homemade peaches, freezer jam, veggies, and walnuts. Seriously, I have the best friends a girl could ever ask for.
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* Richard. He is absolutely the best thing that ever happened to me.
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* Books. Try to imagine life without the printed word…pretty desolate isn’t it? I love books, especially old books that have quality paper, beautiful, simple illustrations, and teach timeless principles.
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* These new tires are awesome! I love driving with them and actually gripping the road.
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* Pumpkin pie…yyyyuuummmm! It is my favorite! Have I already told you Camille and I stole a whole pie every Thanksgiving and ate it in a back bedroom of my grandmother’s house?
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* My mom was up at the crack of dawn cooking everything for Thanksgiving dinner. I think she has washed every dish in this house at least two times today. She worked MANY hours and we have just finished a glorious feast.
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* My Savior, Jesus Christ, who has given me the gift of repentance, companionship, and hope through his atonement and resurrection. I am grateful to know of Him and to have the opportunity to come to know Him and try to be like Him.
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* My MAPSSSSS class was completed last week. I have had a wonderful time studying the TJEd phases with an amazing group of women. As we have read, discussed, and written together we have learned much and shared our hearts in ways that will be treasured forever.
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* Sheri Dew. I have been listening to her talks this week as I have been sewing pencil rolls and she has brought me insights, peace, and chuckles. She is such a phenomenal speaker, writer, and disciple.
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* The pencil rolls…they just keep coming in! I have a whole box ready to ship out and another one almost full!
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* Childhood. I am grateful we get to start out as children and to learn line upon line as we go through life…and then we get to repeat the cycle as parents as we watch our children delight in the discoveries of each day, find joy in the simple things, and learn the lessons of good and bad, true and false, work and play, and what family means.
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* I am thankful for Camille and Tami. They are more than my friends, they are the sisters I never had as a child (my baby sister wasn’t born till I was 15!).
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* Ovens, dishwashers, computers, cameras, power tools, electricity, flushing toilets, all those modern conveniences that are not necessary, but surely make my life easier and more efficient.
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* “Life is Good” clothing. These clothes bring smiles to my face. They are soft, long-lasting, and always have a cute saying that warms the heart. We like to give them as birthday presents and Annesley got a new one with a ladybug that says “Lovebug” today.
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* I am so thankful for music. It touches me and communicates truths that go straight to my heart. I can’t wait to start playing Christmas music soon!
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* I can’t stop thinking about my grandmother today and our last Thanksgiving together one year ago. I am so grateful for her life and her example to me. I miss her dearly and want her to be here playing games, cooking pies, and telling us stories. I am so thankful for the amount of time I was blessed to spend with her and that my family moved back to Wyoming when I was seven so I could have the privilege of knowing her on a close to daily basis.
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I am a blessed woman. This is just the tip of the iceberg, but it is all I have time for today with a house full of guests. I am thankful most of all to be a wife and mother and to be surrounded with people who love me.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!