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I am thankful for.....

I haven't kept up this blog with any regularity since the fall, but I feel especially inspired to record what I am thankful for. The list is long, so I'll list the highlights.

I am thankful for family. My husband, who loves me like no other man could, and whom I love more and more as the years pass. My children, who amaze me daily. Our parents, all of them, bless us so much, with unconditional love and support. Our siblings and nephews, who are a part of our day to day lives, we live life together, I couldn't imagine better friends. Our extended families, who we don't see often, but we know love and support us, as we do them.

I am thankful for our home, our jobs, creative opportunities, abundance, HEALTH, good teachers for our sons, good coaches who care about our sons well being and character. Pastors, church leaders and friends in our church community, who love us, season after season, year after year. Our church family has seen us through some of the most joyous, and the most difficult seasons of our lives.

I am grateful for friends near and far. I am so thankful that these relationships do not require lots of maintenance, they get richer with each passing year.

I know I could keep writing, but this is enough for now. Suffice it to say, I am sooooo very thankful this Thanksgiving season. I am thankful for all that is good, and for all that has been hard. I am thankful for growth, I am thankful that I am a daughter of the King.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Everyone!

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