Beloved,
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I am grateful for you, my reader. You give me the opportunity to share so much of myself, you help me to grow spiritually in all dimensions. My wish for you is to be thankful for yourself for without you, the world would be a very different place.
Yesterday as it was snowing, Mother Earth shared her creatures with me. The dabblers, the Hooded Merganser ducks came close to shore so I could see them even better with my binoculars. I have seen them a couple of times this fall but they are few in number, in fact only three have shown up. While I was enjoying their diving in and out of the lake, another duck appeared. One I have never seen before, a Wood Duck Drake, he was so beautiful. He was all alone and just swam by very slowly along the shore. Then, after I had done some cooking for Thanksgiving, I looked out and what a scene I was watching. There were 22 Canadian Geese standing upside down with their heads in the water and their butts in the air. That is something you see very seldom. As I watched this scenario, I noticed that there were smaller ducks that were diving in and out of the water. There were my 3 Hooded Mergansers and 2 other ones who turned out to be another favorite of mine, the Ring-necked Duck. This was the first time this year that they have appeared. These two types of ducks used to come every year with many more of their tribes but the last couple of years, they have been scarce. Then, a sea gull who I call Oscar was in the mix. I laughed as Oscar tried to grab the fish that the other smaller ducks were coming up with but they were too fast for him. They just dove under the water with their catch as he approached. I don’t think the geese were hunting for the small fish as I believe they only eat greens. I enjoyed watching them, pausing in my activities, as I know they don’t stay long. What a gift that was, a gift to be thankful for.
This morning I woke to a scraping sound and as I got to my door, the young men who do my snow removal were just leaving after clearing the snow from my stoop, my sidewalk and my driveway. I am all set to drive to my son’s house for Thanksgiving now. I am so grateful that it was done early so I would not have to be concerned about traveling on this snowy day.
I found this very interesting about the history of Thanksgiving.
These are some inspiring moments that exemplify the true meaning of this day.
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/small-kindness-like-buying-cake-can-ripple-years/
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/magician-surprises-vet-with-new-car-and-year-of-rent/
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/homeless-man-wants-food-thanksgiving-wants-family/
One of my friends sent me this one.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/TX9EAavxrus
My favorite one
http://origin.library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1108552853158-254/Al+Green.pdf
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Love and Light
Mary Grace
http://www.IAmMaryGrace.com
http://www.TheWoundedChalice.com