Thanksgiving

T is for the turkey on Thanksgiving Day,
H is for "Hurry, I'm hungry!" we say.
A is for Auntie, she works and she mends,
N is for the Native American friends.
K is for kitchen, the oven's on low,
S is for silverware, set in a row.
G is for Grandma, the one we love most,
I is for inside, where we're warm as toast.
V is for vegetables, eat them we try,
I is for icecream on the top of the pie.
N is for never do we have enough dressing,
G is for Grandpa, who gives thanks for our blessings.

--Author unknown

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends an family.

Scriptures

For the last few days every time I turn the radio on I have heard these three scriptures on 2 or 3 different radio stations, so I hope that maybe someone will be blessed by them.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.
Eph. 3:20

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Phili 4:13

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Phili 4:19

I found this article in the newspaper and I hope it is as meaningful to you as it was to me, not only on Veteran's Day or Memorial Day, but every day. They have earned our gratitude and our unending support.

Back in Sept. of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a social studies school teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock, did something not to be forgotten.

On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principle and the building supervisor, she removed all of the desks out of her classroom. When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no desks.

Looking around, confused, they asked, "Ms Cothren, where are our desks?"

She replied, "You can't have a desk until you tell me what you have done to earned the right to sit at a desk."

They thought, "Well, maybe it is our grades." "No," she said. "Maybe it is our behavior." She told them, "No, it's not even your behavior."

And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period. Still no desks in the classroom. By early afternoon television news crews had started gathering in Ms. Cothren's classroom to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of her room.

The final period of the day came and as puzzled students found seats on the floor of the deskless classroom, Martha Cothren said, "Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just what he/she had done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now I am going to tell you."

At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened it. Twenty-seven (27) U.S. Veterans, all in uniforms, walked into that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the wall.

By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned.

Martha said, "You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks.. These heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. Now, it is up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibilityto learn, to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get an education. Don't ever forget it."