A change of seasons....

Seems like yesterday I was posting pictures

of swimming.

Now we are raking leaves in the snow.

Next week we will be celebrating Thanksgiving.

In a month It'll be Christmas.

.....Slow down life.

20 years ago today my father passed away.

This Sunday will be my 42nd anniversary.

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Miracles and blessings are surrounding my life.

and before I do another thing, I want my posterity to know

that in spite of hard days, there are weeks and weeks of total bliss.
I want my family to know
that during this
season of Thanksgiving I have much to be grateful for.

Did you know being thankful and showing gratitude
are very different things?

Gratitude is an action word.

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Today and everyday I'm most grateful
for my family.
 That includes my mom,
 sisters and one brother.
Aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews, and cousins.
 My husband, 5 sons and their wives, and 24 grandchildren.
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I'm grateful for my home, food, cars and clothing

 that are paid for with a husband that is still

employed even though he has a chronic illness.

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I have friends who care about me and

continue to support me in my time of need.
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I have a Testimony that God lives and he gave his

only begotten son to the world so that

we could all have an opportunity to live with him again.

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I have a healthy body.

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Yes...I have been given much. And I too shall give.

As we round another year of gratitude and thanksgiving,

I hope that I remember to reach outward and not inward.

I pray that  I see the need in another and
 do something to lessen their pain.

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Probably more than any other time in my life, I feel

immense gratitude and thankfulness for my

blessings.
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DEAR GOD
I WANNA TAKE A MINUTE, NOT
TO ASK FOR ANYTHING FROM YOU,
BUT SIMPLY SAY THANK YOU
FOR ALL I HAVE.