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What are you thankful for?
I give thanks for being able to volunteer. Now that I am retired, I have the time. Other volunteers know that we get far more out of volunteering than we put in.
Edson Blanchard
sedsonb@usit.net
This year on Thanksgiving I find myself in a foreign country for a 2nd year in a row. Last year, I was serving in Korea, this year I'm in Saudi Arabia. When I first got here it was a hot spot because of Saddam Hussein. I'm thankful things have cooled down. I'm thankful that although I am not around my family, I'm around friends and compatriots. Although we don't have peace, I'm thankful for a lull in the activities. I'm thankful for the liberties we enjoy as Americans and for those who died so we could continue in the land of the free and the brave.
Oliver R. Hernandez
4404csscsb@psab.aorcentaf.af.mil
I'm thankful for having a great job and a wonderful boss. After becoming a "downsizing statistic" it took me over three years to find the job I now have. A word to anyone in the same situation I was in: I know it's a depressing, discouraging and down-right scary feeling; but just keep knocking on those doors and keep your head held high -- you will succeed. And hopefully, like me, you'll be able to look back next year and say it was a long, hard haul, but well worth the wait.
Cheryl Korbus
korbus@uiuc.edu
I am thankful that in the past three years we have seen a total of over 50 homeless, abandoned or orphaned children find new adoptive homes, mainly here in Brazil where we live, but also in other countries. I am also thankful for the "grass-roots" movements to encourage adoptions which have sprung up all over Brazil in the past two years.
Nina Woody Velasco
american@genetic.com.br
You asked us to comment on what we might be thankful for: Here's mine.
Last week, at 3:01 in the afternoon, I watched as my fifth granddaughter entered the world. I was there to say hello as this perfect little person eased into the world from my daughter's womb. It was amazing. I am thankful that both my daughter and her husband allowed me to share that special, wonderful, once-in-a-lifetime moment. I'm thankful that all of them are fine and doing well. And I'm thankful that I share my life with a wonderful partner and a family I don't deserve ... but deeply appreciate.Best wishes for you and your family on this very special day.
Patrick Nolan
nolan@whidbey.com
On March 23 of this year, my father passed away at the very young age of 66. He had been plagued by artery problems since he was very young; in fact he was not expected to live past the age of 7. Well, he beat the odds living as long as he did and I am very thankful for having him see me grow up and my two daughters also grow. This will be the first holiday season without his witty sense of humor and his love that we all enjoyed so much, but I am still very thankful for my mom, my beautiful wife of almost 28 years and our fabulous daughters. Although we all miss my dad dearly, we all also know that his long-time suffering is over and that he is watching over us from what has to be a better place. I wish every one would take a look at their own family and put aside the petty differences, after all, none of us are here forever, and when someone is gone it is to late to realize just how much you needed them but did not say so when they were here. Let's all be thankful for having all our loved ones gather at the holiday season.
Thank You!
Stephen Klinger
ultima@businesson.com
I'm so very thankful for the most unconditional gift that could ever be given. In 1992, someone made the decision to sign an organ donor card and now it's been over four wonderful years since my life was given back to me through the miracle of a kidney transplant. Not a day goes by that I don't think about my anonymous donor and the incredible gift I've been given. I can only pray that others will be given the same chance I've had.
John DuRant
jrdurant@ftc-i.net
Over the past 12 months, my mother discovered a cancerous tumor in her left breast, and I am eternally thankful that both her breast and its cancer were removed safely. My family has recently moved from Dallas to Miami, in part, for my brother Marc, age 11. He is enjoying his new school, his new friends and his new home, and for all this, I'm grateful. I have much more for which to be thankful but I've assumed already too much of my reader's time.
Leo Bernstein
bernstel@ms.com
What am I thankful for this Thanksgiving? Wow, there sure is a lot. Most of the time, we just c complain about how life is unfair and all that we tend to forget to simply stop and thank God for the simple things ... things we take for granted. I thank Him for my family and all my loved ones. our safety and health. I thank Him for the simple things like the flowers on the sidewalks on my way to work, birds chirping, the sunrise and sunset everyday. I guess I would like to thank Him for LIFE.
Aimee
ainsley@mnl.sequel.net
Thanksgiving? To me it means the beginning of our country -- our freedoms, our precious heritage. Our fathers demonstrating the courage to take a stand for their convictions and desire to live their lives in a manner that gives freedoms for all. The beginning of the greatest nation that ever existed, the greatest country that allows its people to excel in whatever one wants to. A nation of morals, God's blessings, a people whose love of freedom causes men to die for that freedom -- love of the flag and our country. America, God Bless America!!
Lee Farris
farris@apk.net
I want to say many thanks to CNN and CNN Headline News for having closed-captioning. I am deaf and I love to watch the news, what was going on around the world. The closed-captioning really help me a lot to understand better, so that way, I won't be left out of the hearing world. I would like to know if I can be part of CNN's team, ok? Again, many thanks and have a great Thanksgiving week!
James Calvert
jdcalv@swcp.com
I am thankful for the pain in life .. which makes me appreciate the joy.
Amit Khanna
inxs@iamit.com
I'm thankful for my 6-year-old daughter who makes me see things from her perspective. She asked last week, "Why does Thanksgiving get left out at the mall?" She also has given my husband and I a refresher on the first Thanksgiving. Dinner conversation this week has focused on Indians and Pilgrims, and she insists that we include corn on the menu Thanksgiving Day. We'll be spending the day with our entire family: all four generations (ages 16 months to 93 years)! For this, I am truly thankful!
Whitney Wright
wwright@mail.gte.net
I am truly grateful to be alive. Life is great. God is Great! After decades of suffering from psychic wounds from service in Vietnam I have rounded that happy bend into personal serenity and peace of mind at long last. For this I thank the grace of God and the fellow veterans who nursed me back to health.. God bless us all this Thanksgiving!Patrick McGarvey
McGoo@worldnet.att.net
I have been in the United States for close to seven years now. I came here primarily for my education and to gain experience. But as time has passed by and as I sit at the dinner tables with my hosts during Christmas and Thanksgiving each year, I have come to realize how much I have to be thankful for.
First I have to be thankful for the land we call 'America'. Set aside all the SUPER POWER and ECONOMIC POWER crap aside, and you have a nation that in its purest form is 'unique'. I hear people whine about their lives and troubles in the United States, but I tell you folks that being from an underdeveloped country, you ought to be ashamed about whining at all! America is the place where I get respect no matter who I am, what I am or where I am. That itself is the most unique characteristic about the nation that you all tend to complain about. Today, in any part of the world it is very difficult, and sometimes impossible, for me to get others to respect my opinions openly, except in America. I want you all to be thankful for a nation where you can be virtually ANYTHING you want to be, all we ask is you just apply yourself a little. That is very hard to so in many countries, I know it is in mine! You should, like me, also give thanks that we live in a country where we are FREE to do what we want so long as we don't infringe on the rights of others.
Secondly, I say thanks that I am engaged to the most wonderful person in the entire world. Someone who has filled my days with hope and impatience about the future, from a previously very dull life. Someone who stands by me no matter how much of a schmuck I am or how intolerable I might be - THANK YOU!
Happy Thanksgiving to all!!
Abid Rahman
arahman@surfer.sbm.temple.edu
Our lives are a gift. We should all take better care of them. The time goes so fast before you know it, it's over. I think if we slowed down a bit and took the time to look around and just see the beauty the earth has rather then all the hate and negativity that seems to have taken over our lives we would be better people. November is a great month for sharing with others those who have less not only money but confidence in themselves to give them hope and a reason to try harder to give then a feeling of pride in themselves. Thanksgiving is not just for food and football. Just stop this year for a minute and look deep within yourself and search your soul. Have a great life. Love ya all!
Richard G. Deary Jr.
Greyhound@worldnet.att.net
I realize this will sound "corny," but I am thankful that I'm an American. When I see the daily trials and tribulations of people around the world, I realize just how fortunate I am. I truly am thankful for the opportunities that I have, for good health, and for being blessed with my family: Marie, Lauren, and Kirsten. I am now 39 and each year I understand more about giving. I'm thankful that the my additional years have made me more willing to think of others.
Corny, yes, but all true.
Brad C. Johnson
brad.johnson@sys-exp.com
Every Thanksgiving I count the blessing that I have a nice, warm home to go to where there are a lot of great family and friends. The best thing about the holidays is that you get to go home for a little while and then leave! Just joking. . . Shanna Gonzales gonzales@boisdarc.etsu.edu
I am studying for the year here in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico as part of a fulfillment for a degree requirement. I feel far from home during this holiday season. There is not a 'Thanksgiving' in Mexico. I just found out today my granfather is in the hospital from a stroke. With all of this in mind, and knowing it is pretty impossible to go home, I still have things to be thankful for.
This holiday, I am thankful for having friends here that support me and understand what is like to be away from home. A bunch of us are making a huge dinner on the 28th! . . .
I am also thankful for CNN's Web page to keep me in touch with the happenings in the U.S.
Happy Thanksgiving
Patricia Capsey
pattyc@corp.udg.mx
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