Thankful

I can't quite bring myself to saying "Happy" but I AM thankful.

I am thankful for my life in Christ, that God is in control, and that I experience His blessings each and every day.

I am thankful to have grown up in a home where love was expressed...

I am thankful that I had my earthly father for nearly 49 years, and that although I miss him every day, I know joy in the assurance that he is with our Heavenly Father.

I am thankful that my mother is still alive and part of my life.

I am thankful for my loving husband (almost 25 years!) and for my two beautiful and talented daughters.

I am thankful for our church.

I am thankful for extended family whose love and relationships enrich my life.

I am thankful for friends...those who have stuck extra close through this past difficult year, as well as those who have been close at other times in my life.

I am thankful for my EMDT connections, that continue to change my life, help me to grow, and amaze me every day.

I am thankful for technology and how that allows me to stay connected to many.

I am thankful for vacations to happy places.

I am thankful for a job that allows me creative freedom and the chance to touch many young lives.

I am thankful for the ability to give to others.

I am thankful for our home.

I am thankful for excellent medical care.

I am thankful for the choices I enjoy in what I eat.

I am thankful that I can walk in wide open spaces and experience the beauty of nature.

On this Thanksgiving Day, I am thankful.

The Wind

Walking into the wind....feeling its force take my breath away and threaten my balance. Part of my heart is shattered... Fragments inflicting continual sharp pain...yet still love remains for the children I carried in my body, close to my heart. Walking with the wind behind me, propelling me forward when I want to give up... clearing the fleeting thoughts that creep in at hopeless moments. Walking with the wind at my side...feeling God's presence...keeping me on the path...walking on.