A Thankful November: Keeping in Touch Electronically

Kim is thankful today for exactly the same thing I am: the ability to keep in touch with our children via the internet. Oldest daughter flew to Amsterdam overnight and this morning I awoke to an email message from her saying, “I’m in Amsterdam!” Yes, it’s not much, but it’s 100% better than 9 years ago when oldest son, almost 19, travelled by himself to Italy for a month. A phone call once a week was about all we could expect, since there weren’t many places for travellers to go online back then and pay phones were hard to come by, too.

 

Other thankful folk

• Ellen is thankful for “His fullness, that He is in me, and for the grace I receive from Him like wave upon wave… “
• Kevin is thankful for “the mercies shown to me and to our church.”
• Carla is thankful for lots o’ stuff, including Junior Mints.
• Connie is thankful for fall foliage.
• Ann B is thankful for life.
  

Doesn’t that list make you thankful, too? Why don’t you participate in being thankful with us? Here’s how:

• Mention something you’re thankful for in the comments here, and I’ll include it in one of my thanksgiving posts, or
  
• Email me to tell me what you’re thankful for and I’ll include it in one of the thankful posts, or
• You may post your thankful thought(s) on your own blog and send me the link(s), and I’ll link to your post.
• If you’ve posted something thankful and I missed it, please remind me. 
  

A Thankful November: Dog Walks

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I’m thankful for a dog that needs to be walked. Things are always better after a good walk in the outdoors, so I’m thankful for a dog who forces me to get some regular outdoor exercise and then adores me for the rest of the day because she had so much fun with me. (This is an old photo. We have snow now.)

Other thankful folk 

• Ann B is thankful for freedom.
  
• William Meisheid is thankful for being off dead center on his writing again.
• Kim is thankful for new brakes and the old gas grill.
  
• Connie is thankful for a spark from a reluctant writer.
• Kim is thankful that the orthodontist hasn’t charged….yet.
  
• Carla is thankful for giggling.

Doesn’t that list make you thankful, too? Why don’t you participate in being thankful with us? Here’s how:

• Mention something you’re thankful for in the comments here, and I’ll include it in one of my thanksgiving posts, or
  
• Email me to tell me what you’re thankful for and I’ll include it in one of the thankful posts, or
• You may post your thankful thought(s) on your own blog and send me the link(s), and I’ll link to your post.
• If you’ve posted something thankful and I missed it, please remind me.

A Thankful November: Those Who Shovel Snow

This morning, early, I went to the bank. We had a little bit of snowfall overnight and the sidewalks were already clear. There was an elderly lady at the bank who had spent some time this morning finding her cane with the ice grip tip, but she was tickled pink that she didn’t have to use it, and she told everyone she encountered how pleased she was that the sidewalks were shoveled. 

 

So I’ll join her in being thankful to those who keep our sidewalks clear and for those who keep our sidewalks clear.  It’s not only the elderly who benefit from their injury-preventing work.

 

Other thankful folk: 

• Elaine is thankful for children. (Me too.) You’ll want to check out the sweet little gift she got.
• Kim is thankful for near-misses.
• Rosemary has a quote about the relationship between humility and thankfulness.
• Connie is thankful for how the Body of Christ is more accessible through the internet.
• Kim is thankful for her cozy little house.

Doesn’t that list make you thankful, too? Why don’t you participate in being thankful with us? Here’s how:

• Mention something you’re thankful for in the comments here, and I’ll include it in one of my thanksgiving posts, or
  
• Email me to tell me what you’re thankful for and I’ll include it in one of the thankful posts, or
• You may post your thankful thought(s) on your own blog and send me the link(s), and I’ll link to your post.
• If you’ve posted something thankful and I missed it, please remind me.