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Every Thanksgiving I look forward to a lot of things. The smell of turkey and stuffing roasting in the oven. The stories my husband tells of the annual Turkey Bowl (the muddy football game the guys from church play every Thanksgiving morning). Gathering with family just to visit and catch up. Chatting with my mom as we wash the dishes.
The thing I look most forward to, however, is our Thanksgiving journal. I bought it several years ago, after hearing about the tradition from a fellow MOPS mom. Every year our journal gets passed around to everyone who spends Thanksgiving with us, and everyone has to write something.
We date the journal, and everyone records the things they are thankful for that particular year. As the years pass, we gather more names in our book. My parents, my husband’s parents, brothers, sisters. When we started, Liz couldn’t write, so she would dictate her list. Now she writes her own entry, and Sam dictates his “Thankful List.”
As the years pass and our parents get older and pass away, we will be even more grateful for our Thanksgiving journal. Though our families won’t always be able to celebrate Thanksgiving with us in person, we will always have a record of the blessings God provided to them and through them over the years.
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Michelle at Scribbit says:
THis is really sweet, you should stick it in with the Winter Bazaar–I just posted it.
November 13th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
Lynnae says:
Thank you. I will do that! I’ve been meaning to participate in your Bazaars, and I just haven’t come up with the right post yet. I guess this is it!
November 13th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
phyllis@imabima says:
this is a great idea. i’ll have to start it this year! thanks!
November 13th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
Infinity Goods says:
What a great idea. I think this is something we will adopt. I keep a record of our son’s birthdays. I found a small journal just for birthday memories, but any kind will work. I had never thought of doing this for Thanksgiving. Would work for other holidays and special days too. Thanks for the idea!
November 13th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
Cocoa says:
This really is a very special tradition. It’s so simple to do and will make for a beautiful memory filled keepsake. Thanks for sharing!
November 13th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
Mommy Cracked says:
What a beautiful thing! This is such a great idea.
November 13th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
meg says:
I love it! Such a great idea.
November 14th, 2007 at 5:47 am
tonsofsons says:
This is a wonderful idea. We will be adopting this idea. Thank you.
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November 14th, 2007 at 6:09 am
Kim says:
What a really neat idea!!!
November 14th, 2007 at 6:56 am
Makita says:
What a wonderful, beautiful idea! I am definitely going to start doing this as well. TFS
November 14th, 2007 at 7:46 am
Amy says:
What a thoughtful idea! I am going to have to try this one sometime. Thank you!
November 14th, 2007 at 8:04 am
GiBee says:
I love this idea and am starting this tradition THIS YEAR! Thank you so much for this tip! Wonderful!!!
November 14th, 2007 at 10:05 am
Kandy says:
I absolutely love this idea!
November 14th, 2007 at 11:10 am
Kathy in WA says:
This is a wonderful idea! I’m so glad you shared it. I will have to do something like this.
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November 15th, 2007 at 12:11 am
TX Poppet says:
Very nice idea. Found your blog via WFMW. Glad I did.
November 15th, 2007 at 6:07 am
Lynnae says:
Thanks everyone!
November 15th, 2007 at 8:39 am
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