Being Thankful

Well we made it through the holiday week… the food was great at both our turkey dinners and we got to spend time with Mike’s family and then with my family. I baked cookies and pies all day on Thursday for both family meals. I experimented with making and baking sugar cookies in Christmas shapes complete with multi-colored icing and sprinkles! And I am here to tell you that rolling out cookie dough and using cutout shapes in NOT an easy task! But, I managed to complete two entire batches of cookies and NOT burn or screw up ANY of them! I know they must have been really good because I could not keep my husband out of them! Our trip to the country was eventful to say the least… we worked all day on Friday in the woods cleaning and mulching up old limbs with the chipper that we rented. Saturday we went and picked up my Grandmother and brought her to spend the day with the family- turkey dinner with all the sides (country style of course!) was delicious. We fought the traffic back on Sunday in the rainy weather… I was deeply saddened over the holiday about the tragic news of Bonnie and Brooke’s car wreck the night before Thanksgiving. Rest in peace, Brooke and our prayers are with Bonnie every day as she fights through her injuries and recovers at Atlanta Medical. I was also saddened about the entire situation surrounding our family friend who accidentally shot another hunter in a tragic hunting accident in the Valley on Friday. Sadly, the boy died on Saturday… So many stories happen every day- even during the holidays… every one thinks that the holidays are only for celebrating when in reality there are others who are mourning. My heart goes out to all of these families affected by these tragedies… it truly makes me appreciate my family and friends and how blessed I am in my life! And how you should tell your loved ones that you love them EVERY day… Don’t put off tomorrow what you can do TODAY! Sieze the moment… count your blessings… be thankful.