YOUR CHANCE TO GIVE THANKS!

As a wife, I am thankful for the love of a most caring, devoted, and hard-working husband and father.  To witness the excitement of the children as daddy comes home from work, I am grateful to grow old with this man.

As a mother, I am thankful to be blessed with three beautiful children.  Each day may be full of dishes, laundry, diapers, and tears, but are also days of smiles, laughter, and joy.

As a family member, I am thankful to be a part of such an intricate group of people, who love me for being me, quirks and all.

As a neighbor, I am thankful to live in an endearing neighborhood.  Something so rare, it is truly a place of service, love, and care.

As a citizen, I am thankful to those men, women, and families fighting for our freedoms.  That there is still goodness in men.

And, as a daughter of God, I am thankful for the opportunity to come to Earth to experience the many trials, and the many joys;  to learn and take back with me this gratitude.

My family is the most important thing to me and I am so thank ful for them. This last summer we experienced a very trageic event. Which changed the lives of not just my immediate family but my extended family as well. Losing a child is the hardest thing to face, with this your entire life changes and your priorties as well as your view on how thankful you are for things. I have come to realize that nothing matters first, but my family. To have them and to be able to know that they are with you on earth as a gift. I am so grateful for my extended family and thier love and support to us through our loss of our son. Some of them were present the day that he died and I am so sad they had to witness the accident, but grateful that they have been here as a support and that we can support them. I am also so grateful to my father for his strength during this trial we are dealing with in life. He is a true example of strength and love for all of our family.

Marnie Bushman

My life as a busy mother of six often leaves me wondering if there is something to be grateful for. And then, every once in a while, I get a wake up call and realize how truly blessed I am; so I determined that this season, I will count my blessings. After all, motherhood isn't all fevers and flus, carpools and homework, dirty toilets and dirty dishes, piles of papers and mountains of laundry. So, here goes...

I am thankful that my living room has not been declared a national disaster area, even though it often looks that way. I am thankful my neighbors are too kind to mention it. I can enjoy my kitchen even when it looks like a tornado hit, because it means my family loves to cook and eat together (we just all hate the cleaning up part.) I am counting as a blessing 6 pairs each of wet snow pants, gloves, and boots piled in front of my patio door, because it means my children were warm today. Heck, because it means they went outside to play! I am grateful for my children's school papers, lying in unsorted...

There are so many wonderful people in the world. When times get hard it seems like there are so many people that are there to support and love us.

I am thankful for my husband. He is my hero. Right now he is serving his second tour of duty. I am thankful for his sacrifice. I am thankful for his dedication to this country. He is a wonderful husband, a great new father, and a hero in every sense of the word. Because of his sacrifice I am able to stay home with our son, I am able to live free, to worship freely and so much more.I am thankful for my husband because he is someone our son can look up to and learn from.  I am thankful I was able to marry not only my bestfriend but also my hero.

What a wonderful time of year to express such thankfullness!!  I feel that I should be expressing it all year long.

 I would just like to let my parent's know  how grateful I am for all the sacrafices they have made for me and still make for me.

Also with it being Vetern's Day this month I would especially like to send a thank you to my dad for serving our country.  I am so emotional when I think of all the soliders serving and the great sacrafice that they and there families make so we can enjoy the freedom that we do.

I just wanted to tell him thank you.

 He works so hard for our family, so that I can stay home and be a mommy. This economy has really had an impact on the company that he works for and I know the stress is intense. Trying to find work to keep other families out of financial troubles. Taking a pay cut so that his workers can maintain the same. Losing his work truck and driving his personal so that the workers can still have access to theirs. I am sure if they knew the extent of your sacrifice they would be as greatful.

He is a great Dad and a Great Husband. Yes we have our fights and our bad days, but overall I owe him so much. And I couldnt see my self growing old with anyone else.

 So thank you,  and I love you!