Hello my Friends and Happy Fall! I hope as you read this
latest post you are doing well and that you are enjoying some lovely Fall
weather where you are!
I love all the seasons but to be honest Fall is my favorite!
I remember the year that Scott and I moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana and the first
time I saw the magnificent colors of the leaves as they changed. I remember
driving down country roads and being surrounded by absolute brilliance….the
beautiful colors of these tall, majestic trees. I had never seen anything like
that and I was so very impressed by the artwork of God! The cooler
temperatures, the smell of wood fires burning in peoples fireplaces, the
wonderful cozy feeling of drinking hot chocolate while watching the leaves as
they blew gently down to the ground. I remember the pumpkins sitting on front
porches surrounded by the leaves as they fell. I can to this day still hear the
“ crunch, crunch” as we walked over these leaves while attending Fall Festivals
and buying delicious apples to take home and bake into a pie or fruit crisp! I
cherish these memories and I think that is why I have always loved this
sampler! It brings to mind all those happy Fall days and every time I look at
this sampler I smile!
This week here in the United States we will be celebrating
Thanksgiving. We will be setting aside this day to give thanks for the many
blessings that we have been given and for all of the people in our lives. To be
honest I don’t want to wait until Thursday to tell all of you how special you
are to me and how very thankful I am to have each and every one of you in my
life. You have touched my life in a very
special way whether I have known you for just a few weeks or all of my life! I
am so thankful for all the joy you have given, for all the smiles and tears
that we have shared, for the memories we have made and the small moments that
have made each day more special. Each and every one of you have helped me
through this journey and I am forever grateful for that wonderful gift!
But why today you might ask? Well I think my answer
encompasses a lot of things. First and foremost it is because I am truly
grateful for all of you! I have tried to let the people that I love know that I
love them a lot! I have tried to do this all of my life not just since I was
diagnosed with cancer and began my journey to live. Life is a precious,
beautiful gift that we have been given and I try really hard to live each day
with LOVE because that to me is what is most important! To simply love! I do
not accomplish this every day….I think most days I fail….but I try and my
prayer each morning is that I can be a blessing to someone today. Most days I
am given so much love….from my husband, my children, my extended family and my
friends and my prayer is that I share that love with all of you! That is
important to me.
Today I said good-by to a friend of mine. We met in the
chemo room just a few short weeks ago! We laughed and visited and formed a
friendship. We shared a little bit about our journey, we laughed over the
trials of losing our hair, we talked about our fears and our favorite childhood
books but most of all we just talked about us and how much we wanted to win
this battle. Kim may be losing her battle but my friends she will win the war
because she will live on in the memories of her family, her friends and
me! She reached out a hand of friendship
that day and I will be forever grateful for the way to short but oh so special
small moments we had! I am so thankful for the time we did have and I am so
thankful to realize yet again how each and every day does count! No day is ever
wasted, no smile is ever meaningless and no act of kindness, however small it
might seem, is ever worthless! Love does matter….Love does count…and when it
comes right down to it….Love is what is so very important.
And so my friends….let us take one more look at the sampler
that I love. The last line has always been my favorite…. And today, just for a
few moments as we share a small moment on this blog, I am so very thankful
because “ today we are together” and life doesn’t get any better than that!
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! I cannot even imagine
where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given
me a heart full of joy!
Love and hugs to all of you!
Love, Jenny
