Thanksgiving

Well, I am gonna try and use the blog more often. There are thoughts and stories about the kids I really need to document and this will be the perfect place.

Thanksgiving is a few days away. I took off this week to spend time with my kids and get ready for family coming into town. Here are a few things significant to me today:

1. I was cleaning upstairs and my daughter bounced in the room and said "Daddy, I love you. Dance with me". She turned on the Hookey Pookey and it was all over, I jumped up and we started to dance. Being 2 she has no idea how much that made my day.

2. Stephen came home from school and received a free Chik-Fil-A dinner for reading.
I took him to Lowes on the way to pick up some stuff. After realizing I was ignoring him, thinking about work stuff, even thought I am off this week. I dedicated my thoughts, talk, and attention to him and we had a great time. He has such a sense of humor.

3. Caitlyn came home and let us know she got past the first selection / round for Governors School, which is a big deal. She also CLEANED her room and did her LAUNDRY and was PLEASANT about it.

4. My wife loves me in spite of me being me. She talked about fried green tomatoes for 2 weeks. In my rush to get all the yard work done for winter, I pulled up the plants and threw them away. Needless to say she found out in less then 5 minutes.... I was able to recover some of the tomatoes and am amazed she forgave me.

This Thursday we’ll will be centered around family & friends celebrate Thanksgiving. We’ll try to express our thanks for the blessings of this life. I am humbled and blessed for my family. They forgive my shortcomings and lunacy and love me anyway. If you know our situation you will agree that they are truly precious gifts to me, all of them...

Here is a link to a thoughtful sermon on Thanksgiving http://www.wattsstreet.org/n/gratefulness-3.html