Counting Our Blessings

At Thanksgiving time I always like to pause for a moment to count my blessings.  I actually try to do this every day, by keeping a gratitude journal.  Whenever possible I start the day typing in my gratitude journal.  Kind of like a private blog.  My list of things I'm grateful for usually includes something about the new day, my kids and other family, my interest in life, friends, the new kitten, orders for products, the wherewithal to pay the day's bills -- whatever is on my mind that day I try to approach with an attitude of gratitude.

We are to "give thanks for all things."  It's hard sometimes, when you feel yucky, to give thanks for heart problems, but it quickly brings to mind all the rehab nurses and all the doctors who are taking care of me and all the medicine I have access to.  It can be hard to give thanks for the arthritis in my knees which causes a stabbing pain when I get up in the morning.  But when I remember to give thanks for the pain in my knee I almost invariably encounter someone who has lost their leg.

So I hope, as we come to Thanksgiving, that you find yourself as thankful as I feel today, that I am surrounded by people who love me, that I have people in my life to love, and have friends and customers and quilters who visit my website and read this blog on occasion.

Happy Thanksgving!

Nancy Kirk
The Kirk Collection
www.kirkcollection.com

Comments

[Carol Nussbaumer]

This blog reminded me of a comment in one of Jan Karon's Mitford books along the lines of "what would you lose if God took away anything you had forgotten to give thanks for?" Makes one think.... I try to give thanks daily for all the little things, beginning with the sight of the mountains each morning when I arise. Just "Thank you, Father" but it gets the day off on the right foot.

[Virginia Bacchi]

Nancy: VioletVaughness said that I should contact you. I love to make crazy quilts and have just finished my first one. It is all done in silk material and threads. I met Violet when I took it to be appraised so she has a photo of the quilt.

I would like your mailing address and a phone number if that is possible.

My address is:

225 Mount Hermon Road #2
Scotts Valley CA 95066

Phone # 831-461-1763

I am presently in Texas until the 18th of March, (940-748-1031)

Violet said I should enter my quilt in a show, however I have never done this and if you have any suggestions it would be a great help.

Thanks so much and I trust we will touch basis again soon.