Tuesday, November 18, 2014

November Post GIVING THANKS

My life is full of so many blessings, I don't know where to start!  I am thankful everyday for the life I have!  I think, in my younger days, I took everything for granted.  Never again!  I thank the Lord for all he has given me!

  For my wonderful husband!  I am thankful for what a loving, supportive, caring husband he is.  He shows his love to me and our sons everyday.  Sometimes not in words, but in the things he does!  In the crafts he makes for the garden, in the outdoor pond he made for me, when I mentioned how nice they are!  He made me a little prayer corner in our yard, beneath a grape arbor, he made a wooden plaque for it, named it "Kathy's Retreat".  He does so much each day, I can't count all the things I can give thanks to him for!

  The Lord blessed us with three wonderful sons!  I am so thankful to Him for my boys, and so thankful I was able to have children!  My boys and my husband are my life!  They are so individual, each with a different personality!  Fun, loving, caring, and they love family!  

 I am giving Thanks to the wonderful girl our son Chris married!  Maria is a wonderful girl, loving and kind.   With this blessing of thanks, my husband and I were blessed with our first grand child!  

  Our Sofia.  She is three years old now!  She is loving, happy, sweet and I give thanks for how blessed we are with her!  

Our youngest son Mike, and his girlfriend Kristin, I also give thanks that he met this wonderful girl, and that she is part of our family!

Giving thanks, sometimes the words sound old fashioned, but we need to give thanks more.  To appreciate what we have been given and blessed with!  

I give thanks that we have enough food to eat, a warm and cozy house, a place to sleep at night without fear!  So many things I used to take for granted.  I give thanks that we are healthy, and have weathered some storms.  God has been good to us, and I love Him for the care He has shown us.