Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Thanksgiving

I don't have an appointment today. They are both on Wednesday this
week. So I'll miss most of Guy's Day but I'm sure I'll enjoy the
catch-up.

Today I am thinking of things I am thankful for. One of the lessons
that I have learned over the last 6 years is how good can come out of
tragedy... and there is always something to be glad about.
For JESUS!
I am so thankful for Richy (the 1st). He's my favorite person.
I'm thankful for R2. I'm glad he's like he is. He has taught me
patience and brought me so much joy.
I'm thankful for Rees and Evan. Their brief lives made me a much deeper
person. And they taught us- all of us... how precious life is. Any
life.
I'm thankful for Toby. My gift of peace, Even without having him in my
arms yet, he has stabilized and brought such hope for the future.
For my family... the Yablonskis - you are why I want 5 children. Who
wouldn't want more of what we've got?
For my "other" family- the Clark/Joys - what would my life be like
without you? I can't imagine.

For all of my wonderful wonderful friends. Nobody has it as good as me.
I'm so thankful for my churches.
For my beautiful house
For my car... I still love her even if she ain't what she used to be
For Radiant- the community and this life...
For America
For good ol W

I am so so blessed. And today, at least, I am grateful.

101 comments:

Raina said...

Thanksgiving is going to be really hard for me. Hannah goes to her dads house for 4 days. It will be the first time that she has been away from me. So that is going to be really difficult. PLease keep me in your prayers. I am thankful for my church, my beautiful daughter, and all of my friends and family. I am also thankful for my relationship with Christ and that I am and always will be His beloved as well as mine. I am thankful for hope.

Raina said...

I am also very thankful that Jess and Toby are doing so well. Thank you Lord!!!!!!

jess said...

YIKES! I FORGOT JESUS! HANG ON

Raina said...

Its okay, I am pretty sure he forgives even that. LOL

Raina said...

Thank you. It really hit home when i was folding her clothes last night think, ya this would look cute for thanksgiving dinner. all of a sudden i thought what dinner she wont be here. I cant imagine next year and not having her for christmas.

Raina said...

This is true. I am very grateful for that babies really have a hard time remembering what hings were like when they are older. lol Anywho.... on a happier note i am trying to get daina and her family down here for christmas without my parents knowing. I am not sure that is possible.

jess said...

Julie do you have the left over invites or does my mom?

jess said...

Is Daina married?

Raina said...

yes she has been married for a year now and she has a son who is 6 months old.

jess said...

wow. I did not know that

jess said...

AND I am so thankful for my blog. As Crystal says, what a hoot.

Raina said...

ya she was going to have another baby but she lost it. (recently) so i have been trying to cheer her up. not sure if i can though

Raina said...

well hate to cut it short but i have to jet. i still need to get ready for work and get hannah ready for school. so. lots to do

jess said...

You can't really do much.... to cheer up someone who has lost a baby... just be there for them.
Healing takes time

jess said...

ohhh these glittery snowflakes make me so happy

Raina said...

i know just kinda wish i could something more. but I know the Lord will comfort her always.

jess said...

I am thankful for chocolate.

jess said...

I bet Daniel is thankful for Slim Fast... how do you think he stays so slim?

Robert is thankful for having such a great sister in law.

Josharoo is so so thankful for turtles.

Big Daddy is thankful that he never had to fight D'ana because she would "whup" him.

jess said...

I have an ultrasound... a growth check!!
and Dr R

jess said...

VG
I emailed you

jess said...

I'm thankful I shook that Rat. Good riddance.

BethC said...

Thankful for......
freedom
family
faith

BethC said...

and friends

BethC said...

heaven is my home
earth is my gift

BethC said...

Thanksgiving
Thankful
hardships and victories...
rejoice always.
wife and
motherhood:
Bobby
John
Stephen
Chris
and employment$$$$$$
to the future

jess said...

amen, jennifer. I need to come over to your house and eat sweets again. I think that was Thanksgiving last year

jess said...

ESPECIALLY if you have rodent cookies

BethC said...

man, they keep wanting
me to be a coach
around here (CISD)
i feel so powerful....

i'm at Peet, again
LA, History, now PE

later

jess said...

must....find.....food....so..............weak

jess said...

I KNEW coaches felt like that!

jess said...

Why don't you come over to my place, RK? I'd love to have you....

jess said...

I still haven't eaten because I don't like anything.


.....grump.....


......grump.....

jess said...

tamales and eggnog are good... but that's more of a late lunch type item.
it's breakfast that I can't find anything I consistently like...

BethC said...

lunch and then more Government/USHistory

I had some interesting opportunities with PE students...I was asked by 1 if I went to church every Sunday, and if yes, if I knew if the world would end in 2010..poor girl, someone had scared her, and she just wanted to ask me outta no where...
then another one was sharing some of his troubles at home/life, and he just needed someone to encourage him...
i guess it was just one of those events...

jess said...

that's cool, beth... don't you love kids?

jess said...

oh look at my bulbousness

BethC said...

if you were a zoo animal what would you be...?

BethC said...

the kids are great...
the institutional system of education...needs change

jess said...

I have thought about this before.
I would be a large feline... maybe a lioness or a tiger

jess said...

although I generally think of myself as a more domestic feline... just a cat

BethC said...

hunter rather than hunted...good choice

BethC said...

domesticated
(with all the comforts of home) hunter

BethC said...

oddly, i relate to the giraffe, but they are too mellow for me sometimes
i think if i had no need to pay bills, etc...i could enjoy living that slow

BethC said...

jess- anything particular u want Andy to make for thanksday

BethC said...

i'll keep that in mind jennifer..they are hunters too

BethC said...

muy frio....

BethC said...

and a topic discussed yesterday...
jd says people would skip posts if new posts were at top...but i think of it as a book...which i sometimes will want to read out of order, but most read front to back

BethC said...

thanksday....bigger the better
we could rent out a place....

jess said...

I never read the back of the book first
and I always read all the posts... gotta keep up

jess said...

what do I want? hmmmm..... apple pie, maybe?

Josh said...

Although I LOVE penguins and wish I could have some as pets, if I were a zoo animal I would be a big king of the jungle (or wanna be jungle) lion. Actually, I would only be a lion if I could roam the open, but not in a zoo. I can see the pain in the eyes of the lions at the zoo, all skinny and showing their rib cages. They weren’t made to be locked up in a space so small. The Lord often uses it to make me think about being made for more than the confines of this world. Starring at the lion at a zoo is actually a very spiritual experience for me, I’ve almost been in tears a couple times.

(wow, that started out on one thing and ended totally different)

jess said...

I always thought Josh was a weasel

Josh said...

I also think I’d like to be a river otter. They’re so cute and fast and very loving and family oriented. . . and funny.

jess said...

I think Daniel would be a meercat

jess said...

GREAT ALBINO WHINO

LOLOLOLOL ROTFL

Josh said...

I just pictured Daniel as a big white drunk rhino. . . the visual is kind of funny.

jess said...

I had more of a Homer Simpson image
a fat white drunken man... very white

Josh said...

Jessica, what’s an osteridge, do you know? I’ve never heard of an osteridge.

jess said...

never heard of one... he's probably drunk

jess said...

Or that ridge on an oster's head?

Viking Granny!!!! said...

Jessica you are so beautiful in white.

Check your email grasshopper...but you don't have to be patient because I already emailed you.

:0)

Viking Granny!!!! said...

You are so funny...........



I love you :0)

Josh said...

Funny- you’re surprisingly good at that Daniel.

And by the way, I could see you as a great albino rhino, huffing and puffing and butting people with your head.

Josh said...

Yeah, the head can be a very useful weapon.

BethC said...

guys and weapons go
hand-in-hand
or
head-to-head...

Josh said...

And Jessica, if I’m a weasel, then you’re like the queen of weasels, or the queen of queens of weasels. Or maybe even the queen of queens of queens of weasels. Yeah!

Josh said...

Beth- to your question yesterday, I think the public transit can make it’s own Wi-Fi if they want to. I’ve seen lots of articles about the telecom companies getting upset about similar things, saying it will take away business from them. I say anyone can make anything they want to. It brings competition, which is good, and it’s one of the essences of democracy.

BethC said...

mediation is here....or medication...

guys heads are good for opening doors
(or as Jennifer says "cans"), fixing cars, hurrying to a flight, teaching a lesson....

BethC said...

thanks for the insightful comments to the wi-fi question

BethC said...

daniel- take your pills and put some clothes on...you have coworkers to think of...

BethC said...

send a guy in there to get the doll...fight to the finish, or choose a peaceful strategy

BethC said...

according to the constitution, you should get out on bail (for good behavior)

BethC said...

according to the constitution, you should get out on bail (for good behavior)

BethC said...

i know, this puter went wacko...finally had to restart...i think it was the medications...

BethC said...

shopping...what's that?

BethC said...

who can relate to "Home Depot" and "Lowe's" gettin all your $

BethC said...

ONE more CLASS...i don't know if i can go on...no breaks today
I can do it...90 minutes

BethC said...

reeves was not on call when i went into labor with Chris, and i got the "other guy"; forgot his name...
all i memember is he was not happy b/c he was missing his dinner and golf plans...

BethC said...

very well spoken, jd

BethC said...

speaking of service...which restraunt has the best service(and/or food)...everyone vote for the best

BethC said...

ah yes it was Crowder...

BethC said...

14 1/2 years ago (1991)
at Doctor's Hosp
Dr.Crowder

BethC said...

no recent/updated experience....

BethC said...

incredible observation about the staff attitude changes...
i had Dr.Cecil when I had a miscarriage in 1988
(after John, before Chris)
i remember the same type of attitude with the staff, and less friendliness

BethC said...

asian restraunts have smart owners...they specialize in good service...willing to serve...

BethC said...

ok, which of these have
best price, food and service
all in one

BethC said...

actually, we like the Chinese buffet R. by CiCi's...forgot the name, but it cost about $10 each

BethC said...

los cucos used to be good in The Woodlands...haven't been there in a long while
went to the one in Conroe, and we wre not impressed

BethC said...

we actually RARELY eat out...
but good to know when we do

BethC said...

Margarita's has nice atmosphere, service, food and prices..

BethC said...

oh man i LOVE that verde sauce too...you know it comes in a can too

BethC said...

oh yes, jennifer, your parents took me there once...yummy, and large servings
the atmosphere....ummm, different...

BethC said...

food...international pasttime

BethC said...

i always think of japanese food, "slimier" than Chinese

BethC said...

verde sauce in a can...don't know the name of the coompany, but we get it at .99 store sometimes

BethC said...

cheaper isn't always less quality...shop and compare...

BethC said...

i had a personal boycott of Conroe Walmart for the last 7 years...i went in maybe 5 times in the last 7 yrs.
i go to Lake Conroe or The Woodlands

BethC said...

that Sawdust Wmart is unbelievable...i can't imagine why they keep it open
it does have a small-town feel, though

BethC said...

i gotta go home...get my chapstick, and drink some caffeine...i'm sooooooo tired

Viking Granny!!!! said...

check your email baby.

jess said...

well, now that everyone is gone.UPSTAIRS