How are you guys doing this? Getting through the turkey comas,
family get-togethers, late-night movie parties, early-morning shopping
sprees, etc, etc, & so on, then fitting in a Happy Thanksgiving
blog post?
I missed it. No Thankgiving post. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving,
but I have no photos and I’m a couple of days late in posting. And of
course, there are no luscious pies left to photograph! So shall I move
on or add my thankful chimes to the music?
I’ll chime a little.
"Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment
which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words." — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I am so deeply grateful for so many things this year. A bulleted
list could never cover it. And my little niece was baptized today to
add to an already moving week (Ocho is now an Adam!). My mother gave a
perfectly beautiful talk that had me fighting tears several times
throughout.
Then Charlotte decided to be a big girl this week. Monday night she
announced, "I need to go potty," and she hasn’t turned back. I’m even moved by this! What’s up? She’s just been so responsible about the whole thing. It’s her thing; she owns it. My baby.
Oh, I really could go on. Whole categories I’m not touching on. I’ll say it’s been one of "those moments" (from that quote up there) all week.
Good timing for a holiday called Thanksgiving. Of course, I am eyeing the couch (still feeling my turkey).
Before I go though, I must express my gratitude to all of you!
Taking time from your days and families to make me smile, bring me to
thoughtful tears, send me rolling on the floor with laughter, provide
me restorative distraction and share with me sweet sisterhood from
around the world. What a magical force you are for good. Thank you
dearly.
Happy late Thanksgiving!
Love, Heather
We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. (Abraham Lincoln)
What a wonderful time to reflect on these words of wisdom, yes we face many challenges in our lives, but giving thanks and gratitude on a daily basis, not just once a year, truly does make you appreciate the little miracles that happen all around us every day.
Heather thank you…you are an inspiration and a joy.
Happy Thanksgiving to you Heather.
Your blog entry was a treat!
Whitney J
http://www.daretodream.typepad.com
Happy Thanksgiving.
It’s never too late to add your grateful notes, and I would like to add that I am thankful for blogs like yours: Bright and promising, reflections of a creative life.
Happy Thanksgiving to you, Heather! I think taking a few days “off” never hurts. It sounds like you had a lovely time.
Hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving, Heather! Don’t worry about not posting..there is always tomorrow!
oxox
Jennifer
So much to be thankful for! Yea Charlotte! Yea Adam!!
Happy belated Thanksgiving to the Baileys, et al.!
Happy late Thanksgiving to you too! Yep — there are just some of those weeks/moments. But I think you managed to say it in words beautifully!
I find your blog a delight! Thanksgiving was extra special for our family this year as my sister’s husband survived a mountain bike accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down, but he is alive! Alive to be a husband to my sister and a father to his two young sons! His personality is in tact and although he gets frustrated his humor shines through. A true example of a great human!
Dear Heather, having popped by your wonderful blog many times I felt this was a good time to say a big THANK YOU for your inspiration and it encourages me to keep going in my own creative world. Well done Charlotte too and welcome to the world sweet Adam 🙂 Catherine x
Happy Thanksgiving Heather – we dont celebrate Thanksgiving in Australia (although sometime I wish that we did – It might make people think how lucky they really are!) Sounds as though you have a lot of little blessing this year and BOL for the year to come. Kylie
Your blog is delightful; I’m thankful I discovered it!
Creativity is a gift to delight and uplift… to inspire and to bring joy…. to relieve cares and to create beauty beyond what exists.
And you my dear are just the queen of creativity which I believe encompasses all of the above!!!
I am thankful for creative sisters in crime like you!
Happy Thanksgiving!
I seem to be hitting all of my holidays late this year, compared with all the others, but I’ve decided not to feel bad about it anymore and just enjoy. Enjoy! Happy (Belated) Thanksgiving!
~Angela 🙂
Your posts are always, ALWAYS worth the wait and just inspire me to no end with all that I can accomplish too with your ideas. I’d much rather wait a little longer for your blogging words of wisdom than have you decide not to blog at all. Enjoy the Holidays with family while you can ~ time flies!! Merry Happy Christmas to you – I love this time of year!!!!
Congrats on the Big Girl moment…it is such a relief when they decide to do it on their own….!
Just let me say…amen! It is nice to take a break from ‘work’ and just ‘BE’. Glad to know you aren’t the only one!
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