Count your many blessings

Today’s the day a lot of people use to publicly express what they are grateful for. And that’s what I’d planned on doing today too. Because I do have a lot to be grateful for. Oh so many things.

But now that I’m full of good food and have spent the day with my family, it feels like any public list of my blessings would seem insincere. So I feel a bit stumped for just what to write tonight.

Last year we did an activity with the Young Women that was kind of like Scattergories. A random letter was chosen and they were given one minute to list as many blessings as they could that started with that letter. We did 10 or 12 rounds and at the end some of the young women had listed 150-200 blessings, all in under 12 minutes. I really hadn’t expected numbers that big. They taught me that counting your blessings isn’t hard.

So I’m going to count my blessings. And I’m going to express gratitude to the people who need to hear it. And I’m going to enjoy my cheese cake.

Happy Thanksgiving!