Tag: Giving Thanks

Giving Thanks, Day 10

  This is going to sound really stupid but today I am thankful for my dropbox.   I have files all over the place and I work on them on different computers (PC and Mac), at home or at work, on my iPhone, iPad and other places. If I’m away from home without any files (rarely happens!) …

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Giving Thanks, Day 9

Yes, I know I may have skipped a couple days…I’ve been in a lot of (physical) pain and it’s been hard to come up with things to be thankful for, other than meds. Today, however, I am so thankful for knowing my dear friend Alice.  Today would have been her 79th  birthday.   Adapted from https://power-surge.co/2016/11/09/another-birthday/ …

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Giving Thanks, Day 7

Today I’m thankful for Travel. We’ve been fortunate to be able to travel to several interesting places. Some, like Iceland, we just lucked in to. We’d wanted to go to Ireland but the travel agent couldn’t get us in at any time over that summer. She did get us a deal where, if we flew Iceland …

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Giving Thanks, Day 6

From November 6,  2017: As it turns out, I didn’t give thanks yesterday when the Roto-Rooter guy left yesterday as he did absolutely nothing. 🙁 Our troubles weren’t going down the drain at all.     Today, I give thanks and shed a more than a few tears for a wonderful friend, co-worker, choir buddy, …

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Giving Thanks on Veterans: November 11, 2019

Giving thanks to our Veterans today I’m not sure how Veterans Day turned into a Monday holiday and a day to sell stuff, but then, most every holiday has turned into a day for stores to run “sales”.  Possibly, the original intent was to give our veterans a break but it has sure morphed away …

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40 Days of Thankfulness: Day 19

Today I am thankful for my dog, Mimi. She’s a beautiful dog, sweet, loving and usually very mild-mannered, but she’ll bark her head off whenever she hears someone in the driveway. Tonight, she barked at potential trick-or-treaters and so we have lots of candy left over. Thanks, Mimi!

40 Days of Thankfulness: Day 18

Adapted from https://cushieblog.com/2010/11/22/40-days-of-thankfulness-days-thirty-one-to-thirty-five/ I had been thinking about trying ziplining since my kidney cancer surgery 3 years earlier.  I figured I had “extra years” and I wanted to do something kinda scary, yet fun. So, somehow, I decided on ziplining. All the following is I wrote then: Day Four, November 18, 2009: Belize City, Honduras Today’s …

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40 Days of Thankfulness: Day 17

Our son Facetimes nearly every Sunday, just to chat. I am thankful that he’s doing so well for himself, has a wonderful new wife, has a good job, good friends, is a fine musician and that he’s not afraid to say he loves his parents. We love you, too!

40 Days of Thankfulness: Day 16

I am thankful, believe it or not, that I had Cushing’s. Mind you, I wouldn’t want to have it now, although diagnoses and surgeries seem “easier” now.   Having Cushing’s taught me a lot, including how to stick up for myself, how to read medical books to learn more about my disease, how to do …

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40 Days of Thankfulness: Day 15

Today I am thankful for my church choir.  Two years ago at this time, the “low voice choir” (formerly the Men’s Choir) sang this: I’ve had a long history with singing from the time I was a kid singing in the choir at my Dad’s church in Springfield, Mass. In High School we had a …

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