Re: Thanksgiving Blessings

[Guest guest]

>

> To all my friends here, whether you celebrate the holiday or not, I

> wish for you all the warmth and peace of Thanksgiving. May you find at

> least ONE thing for which to be thankful, and I pray that your pain

> will be less and your joy greater.

>

> A number of years ago, when I was a Girl Scout leader, my girls made up

> a large poster which they took to a local senior citizens apartment

> building. At the top of the poster, it read " please share with us the

> things that you are grateful for " and the girls started it off by each

> writing one thing.

>

> After Thanksgiving when I went to get the poster, one woman had written,

>

> " I was so miserable last week and not looking forward to Thanksgiving.

> I had intended to take my own life before the holiday. Then I saw your

> poster, and realized that I DO have things to be thankful for, and I

> thank you for saving my life. "

>

> When I showed it to the girls, they all cried, and it had quite an

> effect on them (and me!)

>

> Blessings and peace,

> Judi

>HI ITS LYNN8953-WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SIMPLE GIFT-PLUS YOU TAUGHT HTOSE YOUNG

GIRLS SOMETHING THAT WILL STAY WITH THEM FOREVER..I CAN STILL REMEMBER WHEN I

WAS A GIRL SCOUT GOING TO A NURSING HOME AND SINGING CAROLLS=WE HAD ALL

TAKEN EMPTY GLASS JARS AND FILLED THEM WITH HARD CANDY AND THEN DECORATED

THEM T HAND OUT.ONE LADY BEGGED ME TO COME INTO HER ROOM AND SIT DOWN-SHE

HELD MY HANDS-LOOKED DEEP INTO MY EYES AND SAID " " I WANT YOU TO ALWAYS

REMEMBER THIS-EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY IS GONE AND THIS IS THE ONLY XMAS GIFT I

WILL GET SO IT IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME'''I NEVER FORGOT THAT..........

[Guest guest]

Lynn,

You made me cry!!

Cami

> >

> > To all my friends here, whether you celebrate the holiday or

not, I

> > wish for you all the warmth and peace of Thanksgiving. May you

find at

> > least ONE thing for which to be thankful, and I pray that your

pain

> > will be less and your joy greater.

> >

> > A number of years ago, when I was a Girl Scout leader, my girls

made up

> > a large poster which they took to a local senior citizens

apartment

> > building. At the top of the poster, it read " please share with

us the

> > things that you are grateful for " and the girls started it off

by each

> > writing one thing.

> >

> > After Thanksgiving when I went to get the poster, one woman had

written,

> >

> > " I was so miserable last week and not looking forward to

Thanksgiving.

> > I had intended to take my own life before the holiday. Then I

saw your

> > poster, and realized that I DO have things to be thankful for,

and I

> > thank you for saving my life. "

> >

> > When I showed it to the girls, they all cried, and it had quite

an

> > effect on them (and me!)

> >

> > Blessings and peace,

> > Judi

> >HI ITS LYNN8953-WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SIMPLE GIFT-PLUS YOU TAUGHT

HTOSE YOUNG

> GIRLS SOMETHING THAT WILL STAY WITH THEM FOREVER..I CAN STILL

REMEMBER WHEN I

> WAS A GIRL SCOUT GOING TO A NURSING HOME AND SINGING CAROLLS=WE

HAD ALL

> TAKEN EMPTY GLASS JARS AND FILLED THEM WITH HARD CANDY AND THEN

DECORATED

> THEM T HAND OUT.ONE LADY BEGGED ME TO COME INTO HER ROOM AND SIT

DOWN-SHE

> HELD MY HANDS-LOOKED DEEP INTO MY EYES AND SAID " " I WANT YOU TO

ALWAYS

> REMEMBER THIS-EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY IS GONE AND THIS IS THE ONLY

XMAS GIFT I

> WILL GET SO IT IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME'''I NEVER FORGOT

THAT..........

>