“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
This year has brought bounteous blessings in my life. If I took a pen and paper, the list would take 20 pages or more. And those would just be those I remember.
One of the most miraculous (and I don’t use this word lightly) is about my oldest daughter, Noel Heart.
One year ago, she was in a serious car accident. Her car was a compact one that Chief’s grandma had given them for Noel to drive to and from work. When she was driving back from dropping Firstest off at school, she came to a construction zone. As she drove through, her car tire went into a little gully. This flipped the car and it rolled over five times.
During the roll, her driver window was broken and her arm went out of the gaping hole. She shattered her upper arm and broke a finger. Her head was bounced against the ceiling several times.
She lived.
Those are the most precious words. With a small car, the cabin should have been crushed. She should have been killed.
She lived.
Heavenly Father was watching over her, as he does each of us every day. It was not time for her to leave earth.
She lived.
Noel Heart and Chief had been married just over a year. Half a year after the accident, Noel Heart became pregnant with their first child.
Because of this accident, she and I became close again. We have shared laughter and tears this past year. This Thanksgiving my most extraordinary blessing is:
She lived.
I hope that part of your Thanksgiving is to deeply reflect on all the blessings in your life. The big and the small. And like the name of the holiday reminds us, give thanks. Say a prayer and fervently thank Heavenly Father for all the blessings he sends your way.
You might also enjoy an earlier post I wrote which expresses gratitude for friends. You will find it here.
Be sure to enter my giveaway celebrating my 4th blogiversary.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
This year has brought bounteous blessings in my life. If I took a pen and paper, the list would take 20 pages or more. And those would just be those I remember.
One of the most miraculous (and I don’t use this word lightly) is about my oldest daughter, Noel Heart.
One year ago, she was in a serious car accident. Her car was a compact one that Chief’s grandma had given them for Noel to drive to and from work. When she was driving back from dropping Firstest off at school, she came to a construction zone. As she drove through, her car tire went into a little gully. This flipped the car and it rolled over five times.
During the roll, her driver window was broken and her arm went out of the gaping hole. She shattered her upper arm and broke a finger. Her head was bounced against the ceiling several times.
She lived.
Those are the most precious words. With a small car, the cabin should have been crushed. She should have been killed.
She lived.
Heavenly Father was watching over her, as he does each of us every day. It was not time for her to leave earth.
She lived.
Noel Heart and Chief had been married just over a year. Half a year after the accident, Noel Heart became pregnant with their first child.
Because of this accident, she and I became close again. We have shared laughter and tears this past year. This Thanksgiving my most extraordinary blessing is:
She lived.
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| Noel Heart, Chief and Baby Taken yesterday at Apple Hill |
I hope that part of your Thanksgiving is to deeply reflect on all the blessings in your life. The big and the small. And like the name of the holiday reminds us, give thanks. Say a prayer and fervently thank Heavenly Father for all the blessings he sends your way.
You might also enjoy an earlier post I wrote which expresses gratitude for friends. You will find it here.
Be sure to enter my giveaway celebrating my 4th blogiversary.
