ya'll are awesome!!!!

 seriously!!!

you are absolutely awesome.

for several months my comments had stopped coming in via my email.

i hadn't changed anything in my blogger settings, but my comment notification was

now only found when i logged in, went to my dashboard, blah blah blah.

low & behold, the email verification began working again for this last post

so

email after email was filled with your words of thanksgiving.

what a beautiful thing!!!

from stories of relationships reconciled
to beautiful weather,

to healing marriages,

to favorite pets

to the unemployed now finding a job

the words of thanksgiving from a thankful people echoed on & on.

beautiful

powerful

humble words!!

in the book, ann begins to list things she is thankful for

& obviously writes up to 1,000.

melodic expressions of gratitude even in the midst of crisis.

many days are like that. aren't they?

a sacrifice of praise, 

hands held out in thanksgiving

despite pain or disappointment.

yet at that time, i believe our Heavenly Father,

who's love for us is beyond our understanding,

is blessed.

& i want to thank you.

many of you sent words of encouragement to me

and for that i am deeply grateful.

thank you

when i trained for the half marathon,

when i asked about nutrition advice

& when i shared about emily's mission trip

you emailed, and facebooked, and tweeted and sent packages

& words of love and encouragement.

i am so thankful for YOU!!

i used the random number generator despite my inability to figure out how to post the widget...
so i apologize for my lack of formality
but the winner of the book is Tessie!

please email me your information & i will gladly send you a copy of
One Thousand Gifts!