[Nfbc-info] Thanksgiving thoughts and wishes

[Missy]

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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