Monthly Archives: November 2024

As I write this blog, Thanksgiving Day is coming to an end for another year.  We are blessed to be visiting our daughter and son-in-law this holiday. What a lovely day it was here in Vermont with snow covering the … Continue reading →

My dear sweet, departed father-in-law often substituted worry for love. He would tell us how much he worried about our oldest son, rather than calling him and telling him how much he cared for and prayed for him. Or ask … Continue reading →

They taught us about the first Thanksgiving in elementary school. You know the story of how in the fall of 1621 a group of Wampanoag joined the English people who settled at what’s today Plymouth, Massachusetts, to celebrate the harvest. … Continue reading →

“Now thank we all our God, with heart and hands and voices,Who wondrous things has done, in Whom this world rejoices;Who from our mothers’ arms has blessed us on our wayWith countless gifts of love, and still is ours today.” … Continue reading →

What a wonderful world this is! We live in interesting times. Technology, and communication are laden with mind-boggling advancement.  Think for a moment about shopping. Easy to do right now; “’tis the season…”  Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday – … Continue reading →

Such choices we have!  Will it be the apple pie or the pumpkin this year?  Will it be the mashed potatoes or the sweet potato casserole (or perhaps both)?   Will we invite someone to dinner or are we already part … Continue reading →

Henry Alford, (from England) in 1844 wrote the hymn, Come Ye Thankful People, Come. Come, ye thankful people, come,Raise the song of harvest home!All is safely gathered in,Ere the winter storms begin;God, our Maker, doth provideFor our wants to be supplied;Come … Continue reading →

Sometimes life can really through a curve ball. As old as I am, with as many of life’s experiences as I have had, I know my family and friends have had curve balls thrown at them also. Not sure that … Continue reading →

 Have you ever felt that just saying “Thank you” was not enough to express how grateful you felt about something?  I describe that feeling as being overwhelmed with gratitude.  I feel that way quite often.  It makes me want to … Continue reading →

I found this in Wikipedia about November 21: “164 BCE – Judas Maccabeus . . . rededicates the Temple in Jerusalem, an event that is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah (25 Kislev 3597 in the Hebrew calendar).” … Continue reading →