so thankful...

there are so many things in this world to be thankful for...

and in the world that waits for us beyond this place...

we are so thankful that we live where we do...

there is nothing around us that had been scarred by war...

by hate...

there are no soldiers marching down our roads...

no tanks in the fields...

not a shot fired on the square...

I am so thankful that God has placed us here to raise our family...

that they have not seen what is on the news in person...

the only thing you see around here that has been done by man...

is simple hard work to feed their families...

to claim liberty and freedom to worship the way we choose...

I am thankful for this place of peace...

for neighbors and friends who want the same thing...

we may not always see eye to eye on things...

petty things...

but we would all come together to keep this peace and life that we know...

I can't even imagine this countryside over run with chaos and bloodshed...

I don't want it to come here...

in this place we call home...

there are so many who are in the middle of all the madness...

who never thought they would be...

Europe is being taken over...

and their homes and freedom stolen from them...

so for this month of thanksgiving...

I am thankful for this place called home...

and those around me who live with love in their hearts...

the beauty that flows over the land...

and the grace of God...

His forgiveness...

His love...

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