Thankfulness……..

A Thanksgiving to remember, at least, and not anything like all the others in my memory. But, looking back on the occasion, my heart is filled with thankfulness.

It probably began Thanksgiving eve with friends ringing my doorbell and hastening to flee to the yard when I answered. I am drinking my morning coffee from the mug they left in a bag on my doorstep that had the word “Thankful” printed on each side.

That message carried forth the whole day as our family called on me in my garage and front lawn and then left to their own celebration. We kept up with each other’s festivities via social media, seeing feasts that varied in menu, but not in purpose.

But there was sometime more about this Thanksgiving, that Sarah and I expressed to each other. Gone is the feeling of feeling our nation sink into a entity I couldn’t identify. Gone is wishing for truth and decency to be the touchstone of our leadership in the world. No matter how hard I tried, not “fake”news but tweets that degraded and divided us one from another filled my heart with sadness

The standards of truth and love for and embracing our diversity, taught to me as a child, were suddenly under attack and I didn’t like this woman whom I had become. I didn’t like her thoughts, I didn’t like not being able to assure my daughters that it would get better. I didn’t like what our nation displayed to the world.

Yes, a different Thanksgiving, but as I shut my eyes last night, thankfulness flooded my soul like never before. Maybe, just maybe, I needed this !!

• The Christmas Story……….
  Somewhere in the midst of the business of preparation, the shopping, the cooking, the traveling, the weariness that occupies most of our time this month, Christmas still comes. The miracle God bestowed upon mankind doesn’t come all wrapped up or bought from a shopping mall, but in the simplicity of a baby’s birth. Lest we … Continue reading The Christmas Story………. →
• Resilience…………
  Resilience, is the capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties. Isn’t it wonderful to find that word you never use in ordinary conversation that is exactly the one to describe this time in your life??? Yesterday at a Bible Circle meeting, we were all given that word to ponder. Many of us came … Continue reading Resilience………… →
• Nancy……….
  My sister Nancy passed away last evening…I don’t say died, because that’s not what she did. She took on the everlasting life, and wrapped it around her body and sailed into the eternal life. Most of you who know me, know that our relationship was an important one. More than sisters, best friends, confidants, companions … Continue reading Nancy………. →
• I Voted……..
  I voted yesterday! Early voting in Virginia allowed that, and it always amazes me about the feeling that comes over me with the privilege and responsibility I feel. Ever since the day in 1956 when I reached the age of 18 and my Dad went with me to register to vote, that is my experience. … Continue reading I Voted…….. →
• Broken———
  On the news this morning, one commentator said as a nation we are “broken ,”. You think so!! More than broken, I don’t think we are picking up the pieces, I refuse to even let “ thoughts and prayers” roll off my tongue, although offering both in abundance as one after another senseless killing happens. … Continue reading Broken——— →