New Baby

Just a quick hello to anncounce that our daughter was born today at 12:40 am weighing 8 lbs 2 oz and 19 1/4" long.

Only Alive When...

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.

~ Thornton Wilder

A Grateful Heart

Thou hast given so much to me,

Give one thing more, - a grateful heart;

Not thankful when it pleaseth me,

As if Thy blessings had spare days,

But such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.

~ George Herbert

Unrealized Blessings

Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now.

~ A.W. Tozer

More Thanks

For flowers that bloom about our feet;

For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;

For song of bird, and hum of bee;

For all things fair we hear or see,

Father in heaven, we thank Thee!

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Give Thanks

For each new morning with its light,

For rest and shelter of the night,

For health and food, for love and friends,

For everything Thy goodness sends.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Family Life allows us to...

The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us to become our best while looking our worst.

~ Marge Kennedy

Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude.

~ E.P. Powell

Thanksgiving

The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.

~ H.U. Westermayer

Family - Think of Their Good Points or...

When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them.

~ George Bernard Shaw

What's the Magic Word?

In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry.

~ Margaret Laurence

Family

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

~ Desmond Tutu

Gratitude

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Family - Joined for Life

What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life - to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories.

~ George Eliot