This week's theme: THANKFUL/THANKSGIVING FREEBIE.
- I had a bit of a scare earlier this year when I experienced a vitreous gel separation in my right eye. But thankfully, it didn't tear my retina. I am thankful for sight.
- I had a book published in October all because my sister suggested that we write a story together for Kindle Vella. I am thankful for my sisters.
- I am thankful for my nieces and nephews who go to movies with me, include me in their birding excursions, and who like to hang out and play board games with me. Being an aunt is a true blessing in my life.
- I am thankful for parents who taught me not only to read, but to love books.
- I am thankful that I have a home that has heat in the winter, AC in the summer and indoor plumbing; a car that gets me to work everyday; a job that I like; enough food to eat; and access to medicine. They are blessings I do not take for granted.
- I am also very thankful that I live in a country that guarantees me certain inalienable rights, freedoms, liberty, and opportunities.
- Most of all, I am thankful for my Savior, Jesus Christ, and the mercy, hope, love and grace He brings into my life.
I am truly blessed!
Nice to be grateful for these things. And to have a happy home. Wishing you a peaceful & Happy Thanksgiving.
ReplyDelete:D Thank you so much!
DeleteLark, I'm so glad your eye is okay. That is freaky! Also, I love your list. So many wonderful loved ones and things to be grateful for- you are so right! Wishing you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I hope you find some peace and comfort this Thanksgiving season, too.
DeleteBeautiful list! Wishing you a very happy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDelete:D Happy Thanksgiving!
DeleteLove your list, Lark! We do all have so much to be thankful for. One of mine would be for you - your sharing of all your thoughts and reading experiences with us. Plus a few things extra. Happy Thanksgiving!!
ReplyDelete❤️You're so sweet. Thank you. That really means a lot!
DeleteHappy Thanksgiving! Glad your eye is OK. It's scary stuff. I've had retinal tears--they can be fixed and were in my case, but definitely scary...
ReplyDeleteMy brother-in-law had retinal tears and it was scary. I'm glad mine were okay. Glad yours turned out okay, too!
DeleteThat's a wonderful list. There is so much to be thankful for even in somewhat difficult times. Happy Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteThere really is! When you stop to think about how truly blessed you are it really changes how you feel inside and look at the world...it's' something I'm trying to get better at doing.
DeleteHappy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDelete:D Thank you!
DeleteHappy Thanksgiving, Lark! There's so many things to be thankful for this year! I'm glad your eye is okay. That sounds scary!
ReplyDeleteIt freaked me out, and made me nervous for months afterwards that something else was going to happen. But so far so good.
DeleteBeautiful list, Lark! I have a chronic illness (Type 1 diabetes) that I have to manage every hour of every day, so I am also VERY thankful for modern medicine. I'm also very grateful to my Savior. Where would any of us be without Him?
ReplyDeleteHappy TTT (on a Wednesday) and Happy Thanksgiving!
Modern medicine is so awesome. And what would we do without the Savior and His mercy and grace? I'm so grateful for the Plan of Salvation that offers life after death and makes families eternal!
DeleteWhat a wonderful list Lark! And oh so true. I hope you and yours have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
ReplyDelete:D Thank you!
DeleteI hope you have a nice Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mary. Same to you!
DeleteLots to appreciate. I'm so thankful for this wonderful, book-loving community!
ReplyDeleteI am very grateful for our book-loving blogging community, too! :D
DeleteI'm so happy your eye is okay! I have so many things to be thankful for as well, and it's a positive, happy thing to think about them and give thanks to the One who makes all these things possible! :)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! That's what's so great about this holiday...it helps us remember what's truly important.
DeleteThose are great reasons to be thankful.
ReplyDeleteI am very blessed.
DeleteI’m glad your eye is okay.
ReplyDelete:D Thank you!
DeleteGlad your eye is fine.
ReplyDeleteA happy Thanksgiving.
Thank you! :D
DeleteGreat list, Lark! Happy Thanksgiving to you!!
ReplyDeleteI am so happy that your right eye is alright! Honestly, I know how you feel. Three years ago, during the week of Thanksgiving, I had major flashing in my left eye for roughly 10 minutes!! Scary stuff. My eye doctor thought it was a detached retina!! No detached retina in my left eye. Instead, an atypical nevus with fluid was discovered in my left eye in 2022.
I was sent to three different eye specialists because they thought I had eye cancer in my left eye. It was determined that I do not have eye cancer at this time. However, I have to go in for routine follow ups with an ocular oncologist at UCSF to make sure things do not change with the nevus in my left eye as I've been told I have a moderate risk for eye caner at this time. So far the atypical nevus has remained stable.