{"id":890,"date":"2009-11-28T17:49:49","date_gmt":"2009-11-28T21:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=890"},"modified":"2009-11-28T17:49:49","modified_gmt":"2009-11-28T21:49:49","slug":"thankfulness-never-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=890","title":{"rendered":"Thankfulness NEVER ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Thanksgiving in America is a holiday.<\/p>\n<p>People think of family and food.<\/p>\n<p>They count their simple blessings.<\/p>\n<p>And some call it &#8220;Turkey Day&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The giving of thanks and the habit of thankfulness, however, is a choice and a privilege that&nbsp; is given us by our bountiful God, the giver of all good things.<\/p>\n<p>I am full of thanks that God honors and chooses relationship with people.<\/p>\n<p>With His people.<\/p>\n<p>With me.<\/p>\n<p>To be a part of the family of God, through the brotherhood of saints, bequeathed to us through Jesus Christ our Lord is a gift beyond all measure.<\/p>\n<p>And so thanksgiving is not over.<\/p>\n<p>Ever.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of family and gifts- I just wanted to share a picture of the youngest member of our family and mention that he is definitely in the category of the gifted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Aidan-at-Thanksgiving-021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"449\" alt=\"Aidan at Thanksgiving 021\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Aidan-at-Thanksgiving-021_thumb.jpg\" width=\"338\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Aidan-at-Thanksgiving-022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"173\" alt=\"Aidan at Thanksgiving 022\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Aidan-at-Thanksgiving-022_thumb.jpg\" width=\"131\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Aidan-at-Thanksgiving-023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Aidan at Thanksgiving 023\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Aidan-at-Thanksgiving-023_thumb.jpg\" width=\"159\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Aidan-at-Thanksgiving-024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"175\" alt=\"Aidan at Thanksgiving 024\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Aidan-at-Thanksgiving-024_thumb.jpg\" width=\"132\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Guess who likes to shovel off the driveway?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Aidan-at-Thanksgiving-020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Aidan at Thanksgiving 020\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Aidan-at-Thanksgiving-020_thumb.jpg\" width=\"239\" border=\"0\"><\/a> Or should I say, sweep off the snow?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanksgiving in America is a holiday. 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