Happy Thanksgiving from Mom-Blog!

Hi everyone, just checking in to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!

I’m feeling so good about this year and I spent my blessedly late morning in bed list giving thanks to God for a long list and praying for a few in need.

One of the things I realized this year is how much I have.  Even when Chris lost his job, and I later got 2 paycuts, it still was incredibly better than most people have it.  Did you know that if you have one house and 2 jobs you are richer than 95% of the planet?

I finally got that message this year and learned to be grateful for my house rather than grumbling (although I do slip from time to time).  My property and home in a third world country would house more than 100 people, and I know it.

Recently, I posted about Reece’s Rainbow, an organization that touches my heart because it tries to help children with Down sydrome who have no families to get adopted.

Can you imagine, having no family when you need heart surgery?  No family to provide you early intervention that could literally change your life for the better?  No family to hold you and comfort you when things suck?

I can’t.

So if you are grateful for that roof over your head, that computer you now have access to, the food in your belly, and anything else you have that others don’t – even if it’s substantially less than what you had in the past, please check out my friend CJ’s site.

CJ has a heart bigger than anyone I know, really.  She loves children with Down syndrome so much that adopting a child of her own was not enough.  She is trying to raise funds for Melissa, and to quote CJ,

“Melissa is the T21 Traveling Afghan Angel and it’s our job to help her get adopted. Yes, that means you.”

There are many ways to help: donation funds OR items,sponsors, spreading the word, prayer, or of course, considering adoption.

And IF you are near Appleton, WI, please try to attend her fundraiser:

When: December 16, 2009 6pm to 8pm

Where: Harmony Cafe:
233 E. College Avenue
Appleton, Wisconsin 54911
That’s it. I’m grateful for my family, my home, for the world we live in that a special needs child does not have to be locked away for life, and that you and me can do that for special kids around the world. I’m thankful for my friends, my home, my work.  I’m thankful for CJ, who inspires me to DO MORE.

And I’m so very thankful for you, dear readers!  Mom Blog maybe would not be here anymore if it were not for you, but I love you all and I’m so honored you are here!

love, peace & happy thanksgiving, even if you don’t celebrate!

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