I love Christmas Music, Christmas lights... but I don't like freezing.
This is a great alternative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyGozT_JRf0
or this link for the same thing
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/broadcasts?lang=eng&video=Celebrating-the-Light-of-the-World%3A-A-Christmas-on-Temple-Square-Performance&mode=watch
Merry Christmas one and all!
November 27
Time --
I am grateful for time. Time to learn, time to play, time to laugh, time to spend with family, time to repent, time on earth, time to myself, time with others, time to mark important events, time to be sad -- especially because it helps me see the opposites and appreciate the better times all the more...clocks, calendars etc. to keep track of time and coordinate with others. I am grateful for time. I am also grateful for times when we can just forget time exists for a short while... Time also as in Time on earth as apposed to eternity...
I am grateful for Time
November 26th
Thanksgiving day for most of America, the day after for us.
I am grateful for transportation. Scooters, Bicycles, Cars, Trucks, Suburban's, Trains, Planes. I can't imagining traveling everywhere by foot, horse/animal back or wagons. I am truly spoiled and grateful.
Today our son is on his way to Chicago, then onto Zambia tomorrow to spend two years teaching and serving the people there. We will miss him but are excited for the Opportunity for him and the adventures he will have and the people he will meet. Everything we hear and read the people are wonderful there. We look forward to hearing from him and seeing pictures.
November 24
Water
Hot water, clean water
Water to drink, to cook with, to wash dishes, to wash ourselves, clean the house, the car, rain, flush the toilets, running hot and cold water in pipes, wells, rivers, streams, creeks, oceans, humidity, clouds, steam... water in all forms
November 23
I am grateful for Electricity and technology --
Lights, heat, washing machines and dryers, ovens, blenders, computers, kindles, ipads, phones, cell phones, wifi, fans, hot water....
So many, many things that make life easier and enjoyable!
November 22, 2020
I am grateful for the Sabbath, a day of rest. As an adult, especially when we have young children it is not a day of rest, as in sleep or ease. As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, it is often not a day of rest, as in nothing to do. Meetings, Family History, visiting others, preparing lessons and talks... yet the more I keep the day Holy, more devoted to being about my Father's work, my Saviors work, I do reach Monday feeling rested, renewed, energized and ready for a new week.
I am grateful for all the learning opportunities I have had as part of the Lord's Church. Opportunities to serve in a multitude of callings has allowed me to not only learn more about the Gospel and my Savior, but also skills like organizing, speaking, teaching, social skills (those I still am extra weak in but better than before), homemaking skills... Most of my friends can also be traced to my associations with Church.
I am grateful for a Prophet to teach and warn us.
I am grateful for a Savior who instituted the Sacrament that I might partake and start a new each and every week and try again and again and again.
I am grateful for Sunday!
November 22
I am grateful for this Earth --
Trees for shade, fruit, beauty (fall colors, green buds in the spring, blossoms..)
Foods to grow in gardens, and in wild (I remember picking blackberries with my family as a child!)
Animals - pets, diverse animals (who created a platypus), for help (I look forward to learning what cureloms and cumoms are) horses, elephants, oxen,... and baby animals are generally so cute...
Sun, moon, stars
Oceans, lakes, rivers, streams, creeks
Sand, soil, clay...
Lots of stuff all working together, Amazing!
