Thanksgiving blessings

I’m sitting at the dinner table (not eating dinner), writing this out before all the family arrives and I become immersed in picture taking and bread baking…But now for my (condensed) list of blessings…

1. God, my heavenly Father and supreme comforter
2. My amazing family and their love and support
3. Getting to spend Thanksgiving with all my relatives
4. Baking bread again
5. Spending time with my cousins, grandparents and other family members
6. The fun sounds all around the house—people talking and laughing, dishes clanking, the TV playing the football game, music from the piano…etc
7. Learning patience and perseverance
8. Taking tons of pictures with my camera, plus some funny ones with the iPad
9. Smelling good food
10. Love
11. Smiles
12. The blessing of spending another holiday with my Papa Vince and Grandma Millie
13. Festive decorations
14. Little Libbey antics
15. Seeing my kid cousin as he grows up (and almost as tall as me!)
16. Nice coastal weather
17. Memories from our fabulous trip around the country
18. God’s provision and protection
19. Life
20. Little everyday miracles…that really aren’t little at all
21. Like-minded friends that comfort me, friends with differences that cause me to grow
22. Spending time with my beautiful, and equally awesome cousin
23. Dressing up
24. Breathing in another breathe given by God
25. Sweet fellowship