Thursday, November 25, 2010

Thankful heart...

This Thanksgiving, my blessings went up in numbers...  We are welcoming two wonderful people in to our family, Chaley and Blake!   How grateful I am for family.  There is no one on earth I would rather be with...


I am thankful for ALL my family... and that is a large number!  I love you all!
I am grateful for a father that turned 90 this year and a mother that turns 84!  I love you!
Great friends are among my biggest blessings... thank you!  (You know who you are.)
Being an American!  Being free!  Our armed forces that fight for our freedom and their families... to you I give my most humble gratitude.
Good health is such a blessing...
Living in the country with amazing neighbors that treat you like family... you are family.
Being able to work.  My grandfather, when he was around 90, told me one day that I should always be grateful for the ability to work.  At the time, I certainly thought that was a funny thing to be thankful for but now, I couldn't agree with him more!  I love and miss you grandpa!
I am thankful for my heritage, all those who came before me and paved the way!
This list could go on and on and on but I will end with one more thing I am grateful for...  Faith.  Faith in a loving Heavenly Father and in His son Jesus Christ.

I really like this quote:
"Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives, is the perfect preparation for a future only He can see."                                             --Corrie ten Boom


I am thankful for all you people He has put in my life.  You have enriched my life a great deal!  Thank you to those who have let me capture you in photos.   It has been a great year!

3 comments:

chelsea eddington said...

thank you! that was beautiful! i am also VERY greatful for things as well. im very greatful that families are forever. love ya! have a great thanksgiving!

Kristin said...

beautiful words from a beautiful girl...happy thanksgiving dear girl!!

linda said...

I am grateful for such a wonderful, talented, fun-loving cousin! You know who you are...