[Nfbc-info] Thanksgiving thoughts and wishes

Missy frommissy2u at yahoo.com
Fri Nov 28 05:39:42 UTC 2014


That was beautiful Mary! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. And to all of our NFB family as well! We hope each and every one of you had a day filled with blessings. 
Melissa and Cal

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> On Nov 27, 2014, at 9:03 PM, Lauren Merryfield via Nfbc-info <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I know your day must have been bittersweet being your first Thanksgiving
> without Jim. I still feel sadness about holidays without my Jim until I
> remember how he really disliked celebrations occurring on certain days. He
> had to feel that way because he never knew when he would be in the hospital
> or alive at all. 
> Thanks
> Lauren
> 
> Blessings to you in the name of Jesus Christ 
> "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not into thine own
> understanding.  In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy
> paths." Proverbs #3#5-6
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbc-info [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mary
> Willows via Nfbc-info
> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2014 7:32 PM
> To: 'NFB of California List'; bryan bashin - personal; Carmen Weatherly;
> Ever Lee Hairston; jana d littrell; Jim Barbour; 'karen j steele'; Lisamaria
> Martinez; Mary Willows; Robert Stigile; Rochelle Houston; 'Shannon Dillon';
> Timothy Elder
> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Thanksgiving thoughts and wishes
> 
> To All My Friends past, present and future:
> 
> I want to share some thanksgiving reflections with all of you as this
> beautiful day comes to an end.
> 
> 
> 
> This year has been like so many of the years that have gone before. It was
> filled with times of love; times of connection; times of celebration; and
> times of sadness.  This year has also been a new year  filled with change;
> with growth; and with the unexpected. 
> 
> We gathered today in a spirit of gratitude that we are here, right now,
> sharing our lives, supporting each other and making each moment count.
> 
> 
> 
> We bring so much to this table today.  We bring hearts full of hopes and
> challenges, joys and concerns.  We bring our complicated lives , our losses,
> our loves, our dreams come true.  We bring ourselves, whole and complete and
> the relationships that we share.  We are linked, we are joined.  We are held
> together by love.  And for this, we are grateful.
> 
> 
> 
> I hope everyone spent the day giving thanks for some little gift of life.
> Whatever that maybe.
> 
> 
> 
> All my love,
> 
> Mary Willows
> 
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> Thank you,
> 
> Mary Willows, President NFBC
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