Three Things...Gratitude Thread

[PollyannaMom]

@WDWEPCOT

 

[slo]

It’s the start of a new week

I have a few cousins that I never had a relationship with, so I’ll go with road trips, since I’ve taken loads of them with DD19’s softball tournaments throughout the years.

#1 - I’m grateful for the new bag of Sour Patch kids that I buy myself every road trip (the BIG bag) - I love eating them when I drive. Sometimes they give me a stomachache, but I don’t care - I’m still eating them - LOL!

#2 - I’m grateful for all the memorable conversations and laughs (so many laughs) my DD and I have had throughout the years on road trips - some of these we still reminisce about today.

#3 - I’m grateful for seeing places and things on road trips that I would have never seen without the road trips - many historical towns and landmarks - very cool. I like Googling things on road trips to learn more about what we saw.

 

[slo]

@WDWEPCOT

Yes…..hugs from me too.

 

[bobbiwoz]

Cousins…for sure

I am grateful for all my cousins and the cousins I’ve acquired by marrying Tom! Didn’t know it was Cousins day, and just before I went on Disboards, I sent an email off to one cousin, Jodi, to ask if she cared to join DSis and me for Pizza on the Boardwalk on Thursday. I thank God for these folks who are relatives and friends.

 

[nw6675]

I'm doing road trips cause I'm the family baby and cousins are all in IL.

1. Headed to Disney from VA as I type this! Praying for safe travels!
2. Speaking of IL, riding from NC to see Mt grandparents in the 80s.
3. Annual beach trip!

 

[PollyannaMom]

Headed to Disney from VA as I type this!

Have a wonderful trip!!!

 

[bobbiwoz]

Dysfunctional family here can’t go to the cousins don’t know them
I hate road trips I won’t do them and I really don’t like driving and try to avoid that as much as possible

I guess I could say I’m grateful I’m still alive after my bad car accident, but it left me with lifelong pain, a spinal injury, so far two surgeries, and the threat of being eventually paralyzed - one of the reasons why I don’t like to drive
I am grateful for the memories of learning how to drive and teaching my kids how to drive

 

[bobbiwoz]

I'm doing road trips cause I'm the family baby and cousins are all in IL.

1. Headed to Disney from VA as I type this! Praying for safe travels!
2. Speaking of IL, riding from NC to see Mt grandparents in the 80s.
3. Annual beach trip!

Safe travels!

 

[newski_mom]

I'll do cousins -

1. Grateful for growing up with all my cousins. my sister and I are the two youngest on both sides of our family, so all cousins are older, but we always had great relationships

2. Grateful for my kids cousins. DH has the bigger family and they have 7 first cousins on his side and 2 on mine. They are intermingled in ages on DH's side (most are older though) and are all the oldest on my side.

3. Grateful for one cousin in particular - he's the closest to my age and we were particularly close. As adults, we lived in the same neighborhood and our kids were similar ages and have a great relationship as well. They are probably closer to those cousins than they are to most of their first cousins.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Have a safe and wonderful trip, Eksmama

WDWEPCOT, extra from me, too, my friend.

Cousins!

I am so grateful to God for my TX Cousins.

We share and grow in our Christian faith together.

Their extra love and support to dad and I during the pandemic especially has been such a blessing. God has gifted dad and I with them to begin with and how He has brought all closer the last several years.

Cars, that God uses our cars to get us safely to both needed and fun places. By His absolute extra love, I am able to get out into the world a little again. Dad's car on Wednesday morning will take us to my friend Sue's house where we will wish her a happy 100th birthday on her actual 100th birthday!

I'm also grateful that we don't need to pedal our cars by foot the way Fred Flintstone did! I never did understand the point of that. Hope the memory of a childhood cartoon brings each of you an additional morning

 

[leebee]

Oh goodness, my cousins! My dad was from a big family and very close to his sisters, so growing up we say them all at least once a month- 4 sets of aunts and uncles, with assorted kids, and sometimes 2 other sets of aunts and uncles joined us. Then it all changed. My father died when I was 14 (making my sibs 10, 5, and 4) and things changed. No idea why, I have some guesses, but within 5 years we hardly ever saw any of them again (except maybe weddings and funerals as an adult). Well, about 15 years ago, one of them reached out, said they were having a cousins get-together in southern Maine, and they'd love to have us join them for the weekend or even just dinner some night. So completely and forever thankful that they were happy to let the disagreements among our parents be gone and we get to be one big happy family again. It's overlapping generations: My oldest first cousin is in her 90s (and still going strong) and the next oldest is in her 80s. THis means their kids, who are within a few years of my age, are actually my second cousins, but I also have cousins who are about 5 years younger than me who are my first cousins. It all overlaps and gets crazy, but we have a crazy good time when we get together. I will be eternally grateful that everyone let the past go, and we are part of the family again. It brought me to tears a couple of summers ago, to watch my oldest cousin walk down the driveway arm-in-arm with DD. It's wonderful to have my family back!

I'm gonna let this stand as my "three things." These people are so wonderful and so loved that there isn't anything else that I could possibly include here!

 

[flyingdumbo127]

God Bless your 90 year old cousin, Leebee, good for her!

 

[leebee]

God Bless your 90 year old cousin, Leebee, good for her!

Thanks! She and her husband are both amazing, still very active (they gave up skiing 5 years ago but still golf), and spend a lot of time with their 8 great grandkids. They are the kindest, nicest people you'd every want to meet and I hope to get the chance to go visit them this summer.

 

[Allison Joy]

(Mon, 7/24) - 3 things you're grateful for about cars/road trips
1. Scenery
2. Road trip snacks
3. Singing along to my music

 

[PollyannaMom]

Today's Topic (Tues, 7/25) - 3 combinations you're grateful for

 

[nw6675]

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Today's Topic (Tues, 7/25) - 3 combinations you're grateful for

I may sound like a broken record, but...

Pb and chocolate

Pb and jelly

Bacon and eggs

And just because...'Ohana and family. Our view last night. Were in time for the fireworks, too.

 

[slo]

Good Tuesday Morning!

Quickie answers - I gotta get to the gym a little earlier today…..

#1 - Peanut butter and jelly

#2 - cereal and milk

#3 - pepperoni and mushroom

 

[slo]

@eksmama01 - I love the picture!
Ohana is one of our favorites - especially for breakfast.
Have a super fun and safe time!

 

[WDWEPCOT]

PB & Choc - especially with the names Reese’s associated with it
Ice & Coffee with Choc syrup
Salsa & Chips
Choc Cake & Frosting & cold Milk
Ice Cream with Hot Fudge
I’m surprised I haven’t tried choc on my Salsa & chips since I put it on just about everything else

 

[OHmomof2]

3 combinations…

1. cheese and crackers
2. coffee and cream
3. hugs and kisses