Three Things...Gratitude Thread

[PollyannaMom]

I second Christmastime. I'm gratefully looking forward to the festive decorations and the especially people's outdoor lights - which make driving in the dark much more pleasant. (I usually really dislike it.)

I am grateful that we are talking about a trip to Florida early next year. Details aren't set yet, but we're hoping to visit family and then spend a couple of days at Universal.)

I'm also looking forward to DS having a new job (currently in the works, but looks good ) because I will be extremely grateful for regular hours instead of an unpredictable retail schedule.

 

[Summer2018]

I’m looking forward to hopefully not getting Covid this year and possibly visiting our family in New York for Christmas for the first time since 2019. I miss them so much it physically hurts.

I’m looking forward to actually returning to WDW and Disneyland now that Chapek is GONE. Thanks to Bob Iger for giving us two more years. Hopefully he can make the necessary changes and find a suitable replacement who won’t destroy Disney for those of us who have been loyal for so long.

I’m looking forward to a fun Christmas season with my kindergarten students who are so enthusiastic about everything I do for them. It will truly be a magical month of December.

 

[1420Elexismc]

1. Our vacation in May(FINALLY going back to Disney/Universal)
2. The busy season being over at work
3. Christmas

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Yes I’m grateful Bob Paycheck is gone and I pray Mr Iger can bring back the Magic - he’s stated it’s about Stories so I have hope !!! So very grateful as I gave up on Disney Parks !

 

[Summer2018]

Yes I’m grateful Bob Paycheck is gone and I pray Mr Iger can bring back the Magic - he’s stated it’s about Stories so I have hope !!! So very grateful as I gave up on Disney Parks !

I gave up as well. DD changed her future wedding plans from the WDW chapel to a beach wedding. I actually prefer her idea for a beach wedding, but I love the thought of going to WDW for her bachelorette weekend and her going there on her honeymoon. I was hoping that things would eventually improve for my future grandchildren. Now I feel much more optimistic.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Good Morning everyone and prayers each of you did enjoy a happy Thanksgiving yesterday.

3 things you're grateful to be looking forward to

1 Advent starts on Sunday! Dad and I will be setting up our Nativity scene that our friend Terri gifted to us a few years ago tomorrow. I attached a picture of it from last year. Spring is my favorite season, but Christmas is my favorite time of year for a quieter, stiller, extra walk with and to Christ as He is reborn with my own heart and that of all He has gifted life too. We are so beyond blessed indeed. Glory to God in the highest! Extra worship services, being able to I pray spread faith and care through Christmas cards, enjoying Hallmark movies, Santa, etc. with my dad are meaningful extra traditions at this time of year, too. Grace upon Grace,

2 ITA also that I am looking forward to a fresh new year. New beginning and opportunity to walk humbly with my Savior. God-willing closer to a kind and permanent end to Covid and my being able to safely get out a bit. What an incredible blessing it will be just to be able to help my dad with everyday chores like laundry and shopping!

3 Reading a new book that I was able to get on Amazon.

 

[Allison Joy]

"Keep the Gratitude Going" - 3 things you're grateful to be looking forward to
1. Christmas. I love Christian Christmas music (the old carols and the newer ones!). I also bought myself a cute little nativity set for my room, one I've been looking at for a few years from Walmart.
2. Urbana 2022. Urbana is a student "missions conference" hosted by InterVaristy Christian fellowship. It's usually every three years, and this was supposed to be Urbana '21, but... you know. COVID. It's a gathering of 15,000 to 20,000 "missions minded" people. Mostly college students, but some high school students and some adults. I'll be going as a volunteer. I went in 2006, 2009, and 2012 as a full participant and volunteered in 2015 and 2018. It was in St. Louis all those years, but now it has moved on to Indianapolis.
3. Our annual extended family gathering will be in early 2023 this year. It's usually near Thanksgiving, but this year our hosts are still getting thier house ready (they basically have had a 2 year remodel of their entire house that all started with a recurrent pipe leak... fun!) so I'm excited to see my aunts, cousins, their kids, and see my cousins remodeled home.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I believe I have the same nativity set except I don’t have the little ladder !! I purchased mine decades ago at the Italian Pavilion at EPCOT I do love it!

 

[nw6675]

This is a sidebar gratefulness post...

We decided last minute to go to NC for Thanksgiving. I called every reputable dog boarder I could think of in VA and NC close to my house or my parents. I FINALLY found a fancy new pet resort in Richmond that had a room. It was super expensive - to the tune of $450 for 3 nights. Yikes! We paid it upfront, but when we picked her up it was only $203 due to a room change (which we knew about). Just had to share because I am so grateful!!!

 

[flyingdumbo127]

That is so cool, WDWEPCOT that we might have the same or very similar set, I like that

Eksmama01 and have a safe and wonderful trip!

 

[PollyannaMom]

Today's Topic (Sat. 11/26) - 3 pieces of advice you're grateful to have been given

 

[nw6675]

Advice -

1. Just as easy to marry a rich man as a poor one (LOL - my Dad used to joke about that. But I did not listen. Grateful I didn't. Just married a middle class, hardworking, Christian man).

2. Work hard and do your best in everything.

3. From my granny who was the boldest Christian I ever knew - to trust in the Lord. She would go up to random strangers and say - Let me tell you about my Jesus. She would have been 102 this year and I miss her so much.

 

[Carol_]

1. “Math and Science are the only way to guarantee a good paycheck in this world.”- Dad the mathematician. So naturally I majored in a language nobody cares about… then went to grad school and got a science based degree and now I sustain myself.
2. “Try going to the Catholic Church.”- also Dad, who was not Catholic
3. “Medical Examiners don’t turn left” - a medical examiner. I think about this at almost every left turn I make.

 

[slo]

Good Saturday Morning

I’m Incredibly grateful for all the good advice I’ve been given throughout my life - a lot of it has shaped me into the person I am today.

From my Grandma -
*Keep your house clean always so you never say to someone, “Please excuse my house, I wasn’t expecting company.“
*Always look your best, even when you feel your worst - never let others know you’re having a bad day, or a challenging time in your life, just by looking at you.

From my Grandpa -
*Always keep reading and always keep working your brain - don’t dummy down your mind by being complacent with what you already know and thinking you don’t need to know more.

I can go on and on…..

 

[lynxstch]

Today's Topic (Sat. 11/26) - 3 pieces of advice you're grateful to have been given

1. From my high school English teacher "Never let anyone tell you that you can't do something. If you put your heart and mind into it, you can" --He was so right
2. From my Great Grandmother--"Never look at life as if it were a glass half empty, always try to look at it as if it were 3/4 full instead". That one hasn't always been easy, but I still try
3. From my Mother (who was a single divorced Mom)--"Never let a man define who you are, what you have been, or what you can accomplish". She certainly didn't let it any of those run her life, or define her ,and I have tried to follow her example.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Just as easy to marry a rich man as a poor one (LOL - my Dad used to joke about that...

My mom used to say that too!

Serious answers:

1) "Give them time; they'll grow up." - I was slow to find my social place in school, and my Dad told me not to assume kids were being mean, but that they just hadn't learned how to socialize like adults yet either. He was right.

2) "It's the little things they'll remember." - This one was from my Mom, who was always great at sending cards and other little gestures. I try to be like her, and received confirmation of how right she was just lately.

3) "Under-promise, and over-deliver." (Not sure where I first heard that one, but it's great advice!)

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I am really going to need to ponder this one as you all know I had a very dysfunctional family

My dad only gave one thing - the day my mother was buried - my DS & me were seniors in high school ( we are very close in age - so we were in same grade )
Get a college degree - never depend on a man - you never know what might happen - he proceeded to show us how true that was as he didn’t help with college and made us homeless a year later to marry another woman - lesson learned - put a huge wrench in getting that college degree by the way as in never got finished

My Mother wasn’t so much advice as she had tons of sayings - so I guess in a way they were like advice (?). Although most were outdated and made no sense - most had to do with cooking & cleaning

I did do counseling but that was many years later - so I’d have to say my advice came from my counselor
It all had to do with dealing with people who don’t treat you well or how they really should and what happens when you stand up for yourself - things most people don’t have to deal with Thank God !!

Know when to say No and not let others make You feel bad about it

Give someone a chance but if they continue either accept it / go to counseling with them or exit yourself out of it

You are NOT what others try to make you be just to make themselves feel better for what they are doing - you have value and you have worth !!

I give my kids advice nonstop - all those sayings and advice all the time - drives them nuts !! But someday I know they will be grateful they got it - do they follow it ? Not always - but at times they come back and say they should have at least they heard it - it’s a start I want them to know I’m here for them - I’ve got your best interest at heart something I never received and I want them to have it !!! Even if they don’t like it

 

[flyingdumbo127]

3 pieces of advice you're grateful to have been given

1 Grandpa was my first witness to Christ. He was quietly kind and chose to love everyone. He would often say something like what good would it do to choose to react to someone in anger or unkindness? As I have gotten older, I recognize what he was truly saying was, "let the words of my mouth and my heart's mediations be acceptable to You, O God, my Rock, and My Redeemer." Speak and go forth as Jesus has trusted and called us to do so.

2 From my Grandma who was fiercely loyal and would stand up for anyone especially me, she gave advice and often helped fueled my courage much like Lynn's high school teacher. Grandma also only ever wanted both my dad and I to know God and be happy.

3 Dad has always in a way helped remind me to tell someone who I love or care about today. Don't wait. I pass this on especially at this time of year to each of you. With that, I also thank each of you, for making a kind and faithful difference to many, including me.

 

[Summer2018]

1. "Don't let him string you along without a commitment." I was in a serious relationship with a guy for 6 years with no signs of an impending proposal. My friend who had first hand experience in dating a commitment phobic person advised me to give him an ultimatum. He had no intention of ever getting married, and I wasted my best years on him. I wasn't about to waste one more day. I broke up with him and one year later, I met my future husband and got engaged. This summer we will celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary.

2. "Go after what you really want in life." I was unhappy doing what the adults in my life told me to do. I left my unsatisfying career, put myself through college, and became a teacher.

3. "Don't give up." It took 5 years of prayer, fertility treatments, and a boatload of money, and I brought my miracle baby into the world 25 years ago.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Today's Topic (Sun. 11/27) - 3 Silver or Gold Things You're Thankful For


(Today's topic is inspired by the Christmas decorating I've been doing.)