I fully intended to write a post for this month’s Green Moms Carnival that would detail all of things for which I am grateful. This month’s theme is, of course,” Gratitude”
As I pondered how to structure my post, though what kept running through my head was the phrase:
I’m thankful each day for the blessings I see…
Do you recognize that? I didn’t at first. Had I seen it on a card? Is it a line from a poem I learned long ago? Why does it strike me as something I should remember?
Then while cleaning out my son’s room, in preparedness for the new deluge of toys, books and clothes that will arrive in boxes and bags during the holiday season, I found it. A book by P.K, Hallinan, appropriately titled: I’m Thankful Each Day.I’ll give you a few more lines here:
I’m thankful each day for the blessings I see
And for the all of the gifts God’s given to me
And counting the stars at the edge of the sea
I can’t help but feel they were put there for me
A small board book intended to be read by parents to their small children, it has become a Thanksgiving favorite at our house. There are over 20 different things for which the main character, a small boy, gives thanks including sunrises, autumn leaves, harvests and snow, family and friends.
The focus on nature and the exultation of nature is unusual in a book written in 1981; it is perhaps a precursor of the ecological movement that has reached prominence in this decade. And so, this little book remains or perhaps regains popularity in family homes.
I know we’ll use it this Thanksgiving, reading and re-reading it as we take time to remember for what we are truly thankful.
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