The Thanksgiving Status Update

So, alot of people have been posting a status update on their Facebooks today. It challenges something to the effect of looking for things you are thankful for everyday up until Thanksgiving. Interesting concept but I have been told twice in the last few days that I update my status way too much (uh bite me). So, instead, I am going to concentrate the next few blogs on things and people and events I am thankful for.

Gratitude and thankfulness is something I spend each evening in prayer about. All I have been given and all that I can give to others belongs to God and I fully believe that I should humbly give thanks for that at all times.

So today, I want to concentrate on THINGS that I am thankful for.

I am thankful for my cell phone. I know in this day and age that can seem very petty and almost hideous for someone to be thankful of but ... without my cell phone, I would not be able to communicate and share love with all the youth in my youth group. The communication ability I have with this crazy Blackberry phone is unreal.

Fresh Basil -- probably one of my favorite spices and one of my favorite "accessories" to any dish. I love the flavor and texture and brightness that it adds to food.

Cade's "Lucky" stuffed animal. At TLU this weekend, we stopped by the bookstore. Cade just HAD TO HAVE a stuffed animal. He has carried that thing NONSTOP and would be devastated if anything happened ot Lucky. It is really cute.

My yarn -- another thing that seems petty but no. When Cade was 4 months old, I learned to knit. It is fun, relaxing, interesting and helps me to create fun gifts for my family and friends.


So, why am I thankful of things? Things are just things. They can be replaced in a moment's notice. Things are unimportant, kinda. Alot of times though, things in our lives can spark a memory. Basil for instance reminds me of the art parties in Illinois. The three professors and a bunch of the art girls would get together several times a year. It was sorta potluck with some good wine. It was fun and relaxing. Someone would usually bring a nice fresh green salad with basil leaves. Oh it was heavenly. Everything I had known of basil was dried herby flavorlessness.

So, things that are important to me may not be important to anyone else in the world and that is TOTALLY ok. Sometimes things can seem unimportant but years later you look back and think --hmmm I could not have lived without this thing. 10 years ago, you could not have paid me to carry a cell phone. I thought they were stupid. Now, it is my major form of communication.

Interesting how things change and WOW am I thankful for things.