This morning--this MONDAY morning I am going to start with what I am thankful for. Thankfulness for the simple stuff---I know all you moms out there can relate..........
1) thankful that Sam slept all night
2) thankful that for this very second there is no screaming or fighting in my house (well three are at school already so that helps)
3) thankful that only ONE of the six is currently sick
4)thankful that I have coffee
5)thankful to the person who created coffee
6)thankful that the pumpkin spice latte is at Starbucks right now--and I will be getting one after I drop off Hope and Charlie
7)thankful that my wash is done for the moment
8)thankful that I have a frozen lasagna ready to pop in the oven for dinner tonight
9)thankful that all my kids are wearing matching socks today
10)thankful that I have SO much to be thankful about!
What are you thankful about today???
Leave a comment and I will send $1.00 to the Starfish foundation for every comment of thankfulness.....just because I am.... ya know...thankful!
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«Oldest ‹Older 401 – 499 of 499I am thankful for my husband. I am thankful for my five children that are home with me and for my 2 children waiting for us in China.
I am thankful that God sent Jesus to die for ME!
I am thankful for my family and for God opening our eyes and hearts to adoption.
swell
I am thankful for GOD, my husband, my 9 children, our extended families and friends!!
I am thankful for all the love, joy and caring people that cared for our son, Anthony, aka Benjamin, at Starfish. Words cannot describe the joy our 4th son has brought us through adoption. None of us know how being a Mom can truly change the course of one's life for the better :)
I am thankful for my children.
I am thankful for the wonderful people who I have met in the adoption community. They have helped me stay sane through this 4 year wait to bring my daughter home.
Thankful that everyone in our family is healthy and that we are all working!!
I am thankful that we have survived yet another surgery for our youngest son. I am thankful for all five of my kiddos, including the one still in China. I am thankful for a husband that loves me and his family. I am thankful that Jesus has given me the opportunity to adopt again. SO thankful for everything God has put in my life.
Angie
I am thankful for the people God put in my life.
I am so thankful for my oldest son Evan. He is an old soul... a gifted musician and artist, sharp as can be and kind soul that "gets" and laughs at his Mom's weird jokes! :) Thanks to Evan! You are a wonderful son!
I am also very thankful for my son Ryan. He is the classic middle child... he gets along with everyone. He is king, easy going and has a ready smile. He loves to laugh and always manages to make this parenting thing seem easy. Thanks to Ryan for all his kindness and love.
I am soooo thankful for a husband that always kisses me goodbye even to go to the bathroom. I love my hubby!!!
I am also very thankful for coffee!
I am thankful for my wonderful children and husband, family, our home, health and love. I am especially thankful for THIRTY-FIVE years of friendship with beautiful, crazy Amy (Geeber!). Love you guys!
Mad and family
I am thankful for my son Derek. He is all boy! Despite his rough and tumble exterior he always will cuddle with his Mom. He has the biggest brownest eyes I have ever seen and his love of his brothers is a treasure!
I am thankful for my daughter Celia that I have yet to meet. Just one look in that adorable face and I was in love! I can't wait to hold you in my arms sweet girl!
I am thankful for people who care enough to care for our children before we bring them home!
Sharon
www.ourfamilyourstory.com
I am thankful for soooo much.Especially my beautiful 3 children and my loving husband :) It is a great life that God has blessed me with.
I am thankfkul that I have so very much to be thankful for. I'm thankful for people like you, Amy, who care more about others than yourself. I'm thankful for salvation, for love, for grace, for kindness, and mercy. I'm thankful to be an American. I'm thankful that I have a voice and the ability to think. And I'm very thankful to be spending another Christmas season with my famiily.
I am thankful for my wonderful family, two lovely children brought into this world by a wonderful wife, mother and friend
I am thankful that my 9 year old son still likes to wear PJs
I am thankful for the men and women serving in our armed services, especially my Marine friend Gus, who re-joined nearly ten years after we got out, and went to Afghanistan this year
I am thankful for my crazy friends in Harrisburg, whose hearts and love have no boundaries and whose home is always open. God Bless you and your family!
I am thankful for people who take the time to care, and inspire others simply because their heart is filled with the peace of Christ!
Annette, adopting Mia
I am thankful for my wonderful husband, great kids and family.
we are thankful we know people like YOU. you amaze us more and more every day! love and more love from nyc!
Brooke Cantone-DeFilippo :)
I am so very thankful that I have a husband to balance me out. He lives in the moment and I love watching him father our 3 children. It is so natural for him. He is an angel and I don't tell him enough.
I an thankful for the health of my 4 wonderful children and the love of my awesome husband!
I am thankful for my family, my job, my house, my friends, and that I have God in my life!
I am thankful for a healthy family. I thankful that there are people like you doing what you do trying to make the world a better place!
I am thankful that I am living in a free country.
I am so thankful for :
--My wonderful husband
--my two teenage sons
--my beautiful china doll Kayley
--our beautiful son that is waiting for us in Henan Province
--I am thankful for the drs who took a chance and adopted on the tiny heart of a little 4 mos girl who is now a gorgeous 4 yr girl who spreads joy wherever she goes!
--is thankful to Love Without Boundaries and all the generous sponsors that have been funding his care and monthly blood transfusions
--thankful for the angel I met online who paid the last $900 for his next 3 months of transfusions
__Is thankful for the wonderful life we have and the chance to be mom to 4 special kids!
Is thankful for the new insurance check that just came in the mail-It will help pay for this adoption that we can not afford!
Thank you God for accepting me into your family and for working in my life so I can be the Mom and Wife you'd have me to be. I am so thankful for all His has provided. I am grateful for a wonderful husband. I am so blessed to have three beautiful children (and another one waiting in china for us)! God is awesome. I am also thankful for someone like you to do this wonderful fundraising for the starfish children!
Thanks for a great idea. I am thankful for SO many things - my unique and wonderful husband of 38 happy years, my 5 girls and their families, God's love and faithfulness, a job I love, my mother's sense of humor at age 97, hope for the future, a church I love, etc., etc. Thank you, Lord.
I am thankful for my family and our health.
I am especially thankful for my precious wife who has been caring for me while I am sick!
I am thankful for my family's health.
Michelle is thankful for God's love, mercy & grace, good health, also for the loving devotion of my wonderful husband, parents, extended family & friends!!!
i am thankful for my wonderful weekend in Seattle.
i am thankful for our weekend in Seattle.
i am thankful for my sisters and brothers, especially today for Amy who does so much good.
i am thankful that God has kept a close hand on me this last month.
i am thankful all my Christmas decorations are put up!!!
I am thankful for my 3 sweet, kind, beautiful and often, LOUD & RAMMY boys!
I am thankful for my husband ...who is still a kid at heart...and the best Dad you can imagine.
I am thankful to be included in the Dinello Crew's life!
luv you Aim!
oxo KP
i am thankful for my great husband.
i am thankful my son went to rehab and is working on his addiction.
i am thankful my teenage daughter and I get along so well.
i am thankful my son Brandon is so happy in his relationship.
I am thankful for the gift of new life.
i am thankful that our Community clothes closet is close to up and running!
i am thankful for my lovely bride and favorite daughter, joan.
I am Thankful for my beuatiful daughter. I am thankful that her "challeneges" make her who she is and I am thankful I have her instead of another girl. I am thankful, for all my children.
i am thankful for my new phone.
I am thankful for you, for doing this.
Thankful for everyone who has provided a safe and loving home for an orphan child.
I am thankful for my 4 beautiful kids, and all the assorted generous, cool, loving people who help this single dad on his journey raising them.
DR
I am thankful for amazing family like the Dinellos! I am also thankful for my loving husband, beautiful, energetic little boy and a life filled with happiness and friends. We miss you!
Lauren Ross
I am thankful for my family, my good health, and that there are people in the world like you filled with so much goodness. God Bless.
I am thankful that my husband cares for our children when I am sick.
Thankful for healthy, happy, funny kids and a wonderful husband
I am thankful for what you are doing! I am thankful for my kids and my wonderful husband and I am thankful for my blessed life!!
I am thankful that God has given us four beautiful children (both biological and adopted) to raise and love. I am especially thankful that our daughter Brea's transplanted heart is beating like a champ and she is showing no signs of rejection!
Mary Wusterbarth
i am thankful that i only have two exams, one paper, and 2 finals till christmas break! its going to be annoying but it could be worse! and that i have a family and house to come home to in 2 weeks.
love ashley<2
I am very thankful for my wonderful husband, three beautiful children and the rest of my family. I am thankful that God loves me, even when I don't seem very thankful for all of my blessings. I am also very thankful for people like you, who remind us of the truly important things during this Thanksgiving and Christmas season!
I am thankful for two children that were saved from a life of terror and exploitation in Estonia by their single, adoptive Mother.
I was so thrilled to meet you and your family on the beach last August when I was in SH visiting Brooke and Mark. I am thankful for meeting you because you truly and very powerfully moved me.
I follow you on FB and look forward to your family photos and updates...
Hi Amy,
What a wonderful effort you have going...I am thankful that I too was adopted and was able to give birth to the two loves and lights of my life.
Michelle Pierce
Thankful for our jobs and health
I am thankful for the life my husband and I have made and our three amazing children.
Hannah says that she is thankful for my family and for my Christmas tree, and for my brother and sister from China.
I am thankful that my husband opened his heart to adoption and that he did this after having 4 bio. kids!
I am thankful that I am able to be a parent...
I am thankful for all of the inspiration that i find throughout the adoption community--through people that donate their time, and through parents that consider the children--not the needs that they come with..
I am thankful for my children's sweet kisses, my dog's sloppy kisses, and the adoration that I feel from them when i walk into a room!
I am thankful that we will have presents under the tree this year.
I am thankful that I am healthy--that I have a warm home, and that I have a family that loves me--even when I am unlovable!
This is Madeline's friend Megan- I am grateful for the work you do and for an opportunity to give in this way tonight! Thank you!
thankful for those that care for "the least of these" in obedience to the Lord
Anonymous said...
I am so thankful for my incredible family, my wonderful friends, and this amazing community that we are blessed to be a part of.
I'm thankful there are people like you in the world. You renew my faith in mankind and inspire me to be a better person. Thank you!
Thankful that although I was awaken several times last night with a sick child, that I have such profound blessings in my life that allow me to carry on, and care for her as much as she needs it and in every way-- thankful that my impersonation of the Frog from "the Pricess and the Frog" makes her smile even through her fever! And thankful for the opportunity to do ANYthing to help these beautiful children...
I am thankful for my wonderful husband, our two beautiful girls, our health and our little miracle on the way!
I am thankful there are people like you doing such amazing work.
I am thankful for the Christmas music playing and this joyous holiday season.
I am so happy for having God in my life and my wonderful family. Watching my children grow make my heart sing.
Erub
I'm blessed that, in addition to my immediate family -Brian, Tess, Peyton, Alex, Bella, Mookie and Pancake - that there are several other "adoptees" I have the pleasure of being part of their lives: Vicky, Jason, Aaron, Bella and Nina. I hope I'm blessed enough to continue to find opportunties to help others that need care or assistance to lead fulfilling lives.
I am thankful for 2 healthy kids that I adore. I am thankful for a large extended family that loves me through my faults.
I am thankful for so many things He has blessed me with...health, 9 beautiful children-step, birth, and adopted (and praying for more:), the sound of laughter from my children, and a Savior who is moldong me and shaping after Him to have a heart for the orphans.
I am thankful for Jesus. Especially during Christmas season...it's just too amazing to comprehend.
I am thankful for access to clean water and medical care and medicines and I am thankful like crazy for families who step out of the boat and adopt special needs orphans. I am especially thankful for people who adopt orphans with HIV. I am thankful for amazing doctors and compassionate medical staff. I am thankful for people who love other people more than money or stuff.
I am thankful for people who give up their comfy lives to go and serve those who are in desperate need of hope and healing.
I am thankful for the promise of Heaven.
I am thankful that you are doing such wonderful work!
I am thankful for my big, loud and fun family and a husband who keeps me laughing. I am grateful to all our extended family and friends who make life more complete and enjoyable. I am grateful to a loving and forgiving God!
I am thankful that I have the most thoughtful and caring wife (Amy) in the world that has made it her mission in life to help as many orphaned kids as she can. She is my inspiration and I am amazed by her every single day of my life.
Darrin
I'm thankful for my kids even when they drive me crazy with homework and hair issues!
I am thankful for wonderful people that care for children across the world. For organizations that devote their time and energy to these precious children!
i am thankful for the sun rising every morning , for people's smiles and deeper goodness, for god 's little pointers in life , for you making this beautiful site
I am thankful for all the work Starfish is doing in China!
Love what you did. Not sure if my comment will still count. We've begun our second adoption journey though it will be domestic. I can't wait to see what God has in store this time around. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
I am thankful that Jesus loves me, that God has forgiven me. I am thankful for my wonderful husband, and my two healthy boys. Also thankful that God has chosen us to be a forever family for a beautiful Chinese daughter, whom we do not know at this time, but hopefully will SOON!!!!
Thankful for the best Christmas present I received this year...a 3yo boy from China! Can't imagine life without him!!!!!!!
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