Posted by juli2517
I am Thankful for

- My family in general
- My husband Ralph
- My son Caleb
- My daughter Hannah
- My mother Polly
- My Step father Charlie
- My Dad Paul
- My step mother Diane
- My brother Chris
- His wife Susan
- My nephew Matthew
- My nephew Mark
- My brother Gary
- His wife Lisa
- My mother in law Gisela
- My sister in law Ingrid
- Her husband Keith
- My sister in law Renate
- My first cousins: Alan & Soledad
- Ken
- Laura & Dave
- Phil & Linda
- Tina
- Jenny & Greg
- Priscilla & Dave
- Wendy & Robert
- Doug & Lisa
- Laura & Les
- Aunt Judy
- Uncle Dave
- Aunt Jane
- Aunt Betty
- All my cousins' kids (which could have made this list much longer!)
- And all the incredible times I've had with my family immediate and extended over the years!
- My work in general!
- Music
- That I get to teach music for most of my living!
- That I get to perform and play shows of all kinds!
- That I get to record CD's with my husband and my brothers!!
- That I get to express myself by writing songs!
- That I get to praise God in church with my voice and guitar! I love our praise team, too!
- That my kids love to sing with me!
- That I get to be a mentor to my students!
- That My students are improving and encouraged!
- That I can move hearts with my music and bring hope and comfort!
- That my husband is a musician, too!
- That he has engineering skills!
- That he works at Berklee so I can take classes there for free!
- That I graduated from Berklee with awards
- That I get to SCAT sing!
- That I have a great little a cappella group that has many gigs this Christmas!
- That I get to encourage the elderly at numerous nursing homes
- That my kids are in a good school system
- That My daughter is a talented artist!
- That my son got the lead in Lion King at School!
- That My daughter is so compassionate and cheers other's up often!
- That my daughter has a terrific big sister in the church , Brittany!
- That my son wants to know Jesus better and study the Bible!
- That my son is a junior black belt in Kung fu and protect his sister!
- That both of my kids are bright lights wherever they go!
- That my husband is faithful always and loves me deeply!
- That we often have so much fun as a family!
- That I have great friends!
- Erin from Childrhood
- Sharon and Margaret from Oberlin!
Rebekah and Julie at Newsboys concert
- Diana, Rebekah, Suzanne, Lori and soooooo many more from church!
- That Jean, Lauri T, Suzanne, Elena & Karen studied the Bible with me years ago!
- That Bob Tranchell Baptized me on Jan 6th 1091!
- That Sal Difusco married Ralph and I at Hammond Castle August 19th, 1995!
- That Hannah and Caleb were born On April 1st 2004!
- That we own a house
- That we live in America where we still have more freedoms than anywhere else in the world!
- That I have not experienced extreme poverty of hunger in my lifetime
- That my kids can get great healthcare in the Boston area (Including braces!)
- That I can get antibiotics when I need them!
- That I get to fund-raise and volunteer for the fantastic charity Hope Worldwide
- That HOPEww is doing so much for the poor and needy around the world with disaster relief, boots on the ground giving medical care to those in dire situations and remote areas!
- That I have a fantastic church!
- Mike and Kristen Lamb who lead our local region of the church!
- That We have an inspired teen ministry!
- Diana and Dakota Botello who lead our teen ministry!
- The Bible and the truth and comfort and guidance it gives me!
- Our international church and the souls it is saving!
- The big church conferences I get to go to and be inspired by like Reach last summer in St Louis!
- My Zumba classes at the gym
- My friends from the gym like Susanne, Angie, Mary and more
- My Pets: Mit Mit, Lizzy, Archy and Bun Bun
- My Sleep Number bed!
- Getting a big cart full of food and bringing home the harvest
- Carrot cake (and lots of other favorite foods!)
- Mountains
- The ocean!
- The seasons!
- The woods!
- The wild animals!
- The clouds/ sky/ sunsets!
- The wind!
- My health!
- Jesus
- God
