Grateful in November

Four Generations
My Mother, Daughter, Granddaughter and Me

Each year I enjoy thinking about thirty things I’m thankful for, one for each day of November. 2012  Heart of Thankfulness  2011 November My Thanksgivings   2010  More Thankfulness

So thankful for …

v hardly laughs shared with Mom while organizing closets

v new friends

v fishing with my Man

v a roller coaster ride with Timmie Faith

v our trees dressed in wardrobes of burnt orange, crimson and gold

v pumpkin spice teabags sent with love, postmarked The Villages

v warm comfy sweatshirts

v February tea party filled with love, hearts, cupcakes, stories, and precious granddaughters

v the motionless blue heron watching for prey while we fish

v our grandson Austin’s choice of a fine Christian college near home

v pumpkin pie with family

v our military representing us, scattered over various continents

v Jackie Gleason Holiday music…Christmas has an early start in our home

v a Dad who taught me…Christmas starts early

v lunch dates with Joanna

v Andrew Murray’s classic “With Christ In the School of Prayer”

v my fellow choir members…oh, how we love to sing

v chuckling as my baby sister, in Munchkin voice, sings ‘follow the yellow brick road’

v another October birthday celebration with my Mother

v fresh purpose

v visits with Tim

v our U. S. Constitution

v grandson Benjamin who could teach this Grandma computer skills

v my Mother’s friends

v cups of tea with Dawn

v hot out-of-the-oven pumpkin bread…yes, I love all things pumpkin

v challenging passages in God’s Word

v Bluebloods on Friday evening

v imprints of love and inspiration formed by Aunt Betty (93) Aunt Gail (84) and Uncle Palmer (86)

v memories of Thanksgiving in Pennsylvania at Mom and Dad’s home

 


Great Aunt Jodi in Munchkin voice