
Mom on the Old Iron Bridge. I'm thankful for the old iron bridge located three miles from where I grew up. Mom & Dad would go here to meet with their friends while they were dating.

Mom & Dad's wedding day. Something has been spilled on this picture and it's a bit worn and tattered. I'm thankful for the black high heels Mom is wearing. Mom let me play dress up with them when I was a young child after she got tired of scolding me and telling me to put them back where they belonged.

Dad, Mom, Uncle Cliff (Dad's only surviving sibling) & Aunt Margaret (Uncle Cliff's wife). I'm thankful Mom & Dad were married on November 20, 1954. Last Friday would have been their 55th wedding Anniversary.

Me in our front yard where I grew up on the old Steven's School property. I'm thankful that Mom & Dad gave me life and a home to live in out in the country. A life that wouldn't be possible without the love of Mom & Dad, my siblings & their spouses, my husband, my daughter & her husband , my stepson & his wife, my stepdaughter & her companion, our grandkids, my nieces, nephews & their children.
I'm thankful for my internet friends, though you don't know me, you accept me for who I am. You bring me joy when you give a glimpse into your life and that of your family when you share bits & pieces with us.
I remember playing marbles when I was a kid, some of those marbles had magnificient colors & designs etched on them & if one were to break the same etchings were inside, they looked a bit different but we still tried to get them to roll anyway. I'm thankful for the marbles in my life that continue to be etched daily because they mean I am living.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Thank you for being my friends.
I leave you with this, I believe it says it better than I can:
Write the wrongs that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble. Let go of all emotions such as resentment and retaliation, which diminish you, and hold on to the emotions, such as gratitude and joy, which increase you.







