Thanksgiving part II

10. I am grateful for the internet so that I can communicate with others and be entertained

11.I am Thankful for the health of the students on my bus!! It has been a rough year for M,D, and J. Multiple surgeries and hospitalizations for all of them. It is nice to have had them all on the bus for most of the year.

12. I am so grateful for pets to bring me joy! Bailey, Skippy and Daisy are so fun and entertaining.

13. I am grateful for our health this Thanksgiving, every time we come to Vermont the kids or I get sick so it is nice that we are not sick.

14. I am Thankful for In laws who love me and treat me as their own. I am very comfortable being here with them and so happy to have the relationship with them that I do.

15. I am grateful for bed time!! So that I can have some time for me!!

16. I am Thankful that I have a mother who taught me to cook and taught me to enjoy cooking!

17. I am grateful for children who test me every day!! They test my strength and my patience and at the end of most days I have won!!

18.  I am Thankful for family dinners!

19. I am Thankful for pictures! My memory is not the best and it is nice to have something to help me remember the important things!!

20. I am Thankful for a mother who loved me no matter what. who always encouraged me! who taught me to fight for myself and to never let anyone control me.

21. I am thankful for a marriage where we are equals. where every decision is made together!

22. I am thankful for the scriptures to help us to know who we should be!!

23. I am thankful for Blogger so I can record what is new in my life and share with others.

23. I am gratful for the strength I have found because of the adversity in my life.

24. I am thankful for my family! My siblings and my mother, and especially my husband and children!!

25. I am thankful for laughter and joy but also for sorrow so we can see the joy so much clearer!

26. And lastly I am thankful for the pilgrims who made the choice to fight religious persecution to come here and start our wonderful nation! So that I can worship my God without fear of repercussions!! So that I can choose how many children i have and how to raise them!!

and most importantly I am thankful of the sacrifice of my Savior Jesus Christ that I will be able to live again with him in Heaven and be surrounded by my family and Friends!