Happy Thanksgiving Day
Dear Family and Friends,
Here it is Monday of Thanksgiving week already, and I have not sent out any cards via the US Mail to you, which means that it is pretty much too late to send them now, so I will send you my words electronically. Is it any wonder the USPS is posting a $3.8 billion dollar loss this year??
So, this is me saying, "Happy Thanksgiving!" and I love you and I miss you. I am thankful for you - all that you are and all that you will be. You are a blessing to this world. You embody a gift only you can give to the Earth.
I pray for your happiness of mind and heart.
I pray you have enough food to keep you healthy and warm clothes to comfort you in the coming chilly days and nights.
I pray you have meaningful work and a welcoming home.
I pray you have enough challenges and good friends to help you grow, and that you rejoice with every new wrinkle or scar and wear them as badges of honor.
This Thanksgiving, when my family is together (13 of us!), we will gather and hold hands around the table. We'll feel the love and warmth in those hands and we'll thank God as we gaze at a feast that's a delight to the eyes and inhale the richness of the bounty we have been given. We will remember you. We will remember those we've lost this year. We will remember the poor who don't have hands to hold or food to eat. And we'll ask for God's mercy and that, somehow, we may use the riches we have to heal the world.
God bless you all!
Carrie
Thanks for the lovely sentiment and photos. I sent some cards out today, even though, as you said they will be late. I trust my family will know that I think of them all with love and appreciation, on Thanksgiving and always.
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We do know. And it always makes me happy to receive your card. You're so good about getting them out! And, as you tell me, it is just that extra special to get a hand-addressed envelope with a personal hand-written message. A dying practice!
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Thank you Carrie for your prayer and rembrance. I add my thanks to yours. It's my prayer for you and your family that in our giving thanks, none of God's magnificent grace be lost.
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Carrie,
You have such a magical way about your words and thoughts. Thank you so much, and we also send Happy Thanksgiving wishes to you and your whole family. We will be thinking of you all at our thanksgiving feast at Kyrson & Mike's in PA. Love, Darya & Allen
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