Well, I know you all thought I'd dropped off the face of the earth! But, I sure wanted to ring in this new year with some thankful thoughts! So I am joining Michelle's
Thankful Thursday today with the following:
We just rang in 2019, and on the 1st day of January began a new year and I bet we are all hopeful for this year to be a really good one. It's the way we start the new year. On the 2nd I celebrated a birthday so I have that extra push of hopefulness associated with getting a year older. I am thankful for all the many blessings God has given me, as I look to this bright new beginning.
God is so good! I have some great memories of times past, and wonderful friends I have made over the years, and a household of siblings I cherish. I have my precious husband, Russell, who I love with all my heart, who has almost left this world more than once, but God has given us more time together. Oh how grateful I am for every single day! I am grateful for my beautiful family...my precious daughter, son-in-law and grandson, who give me such amazing joy! I am so proud of all of them! I am grateful to have had incredible parents who raised me, and still have my amazing Mom to share things with. She is just such a precious part of my life! I am thankful that though I have some health issues, none are devastating or debilitating to a great degree. I am relatively healthy. I am thankful I can write and paint and quilt and take photos and get out and see things and do things I want to do! I am thankful God has provided us a home, and given us all our worldly needs. I am thankful that Jesus died for me, and that I am God's child and will one day go to be with Him. Yes, I thankfully and with joy begin this new year set in front of me! And if anything painful, sad or difficult lies ahead, I know He will be with me, holding my hand to see me through, and that's the greatest blessing of all, knowing you never have to do it alone!
May you each have a very blessed 2019!
