November 21, 2007 4:21 PM
Giving Thanks for What I Never Had
See my latest article at Crosswalk -
Giving Thanks for What I Never Had
Barbara Curtis Crosswalk.com ContributorThis year I won't just be thanking God for all my blessings, but for all the things I haven't had:
I'm grateful for the full refrigerator we never had in my childhood, grateful for the meals we missed the last few days before my mother's paycheck. These memories make it easy to be generous with what I have now.
I'm grateful for the nice house, the perfect family, the right clothes I never had. No matter where I live or what I wear now, there's almost no one I couldn't consider a friend. . . . .
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I love the piece you wrote for Crosswalk. Having had some similar experiences, I agree with you . . . and am thankful as well.
You do good work, Barbara. Thank you for sharing yourself with us.
Posted by: Shelley | November 22, 2007 10:27 PM
