Thankful | Thankful
Nov.22.2012
I am thankful for myself, for this life, for all I do for me. For being able to put up with this world each and everyday. For the wherewithal to educate myself and have a variety of skills that help me be flexible and stay housed. For my patience with so many around me. For hosting events...
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Nov.22.2012
It's Thanksgiving and while I'm still thinking about all the things I should be thankful for in my life I also wanted to be mindful of why I'm thankful for NBA basketball....in no particular order;
1). I'm thankful I'm able to watch a replay of the Houston Rockets play the Utah Jazz without...
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Nov.22.2012
It’s a sunny Thanksgiving Day here in beautiful Corfu Greece. Even though they don't celebrate Thanksgiving in Greece, and why would they, I try to use this day as a way of being thankful for everything that I have.....so here goes;
1). I'm thankful that my grandparents had the courage to...
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Nov.19.2012
This is the week of Thanksgiving in America. On that Thursday, the expectation is that to celebrate this holiday, we'll all sit down and be thankful.
Why wait for the holiday? Thought since Christmas shopping begins earlier each year, being thankful should also start earlier this...
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Oct.15.2012
As I watched participants cross the finish line yesterday at the Patrick Dempsey Challenge, I literally had a lump in my throat and my eyes welled with tears, over and over again.
I am grateful to have shared a small piece of this experience with one of my dearest friends and for knowing someone...
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Nov.02.2011
"A Taste For Romance" by Virginia Campbell
Since November is the month in which we celebrate Thanksgiving here in the United States, I wanted to talk about what I am so grateful for in my life. All of my immediate family has been gone for a while. I have lost many close friends and...
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Nov.25.2010
EDITOR'S NOTE: NAM Editor Andrew Lam, a refugee from Vietnam three decades ago, recalls his first Thanksgiving in America, and why he and his family have much to give thanks for. Lam is the author of "Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora" (Heyday Books, 2005), which...
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Nov.30.2009
Sometimes I forget that there is really only one story and that we are all either telling it or listening to it, the story that has loss or near-disaster somewhere in the beginning or middle, maybe it brings us to tears or to our knees, maybe we are overcome by a deluge of water or sorrow, maybe...
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Nov.28.2009
Realization After our first Thanksgiving holiday away from family, Chris and I have decided to prioritize. We moved to San Antonio for a job--Chris's job--and although both of us always wanted to escape the limitations of our Midwestern hometown (the lack of things to do in the evenings, the...
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Nov.26.2009
As we draw near to the holiday that celebrates gratitude, sit down in a quiet place and take some time to think of all the people that have been with you this year.
Regardless of how long each person has been in your life or how much they know you, think of what they have done, how they have...
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