The Evans Clan...
Troy and Aldo
The chef....
Jess and her pup Summit
Dinner with the kids...
Their own little space...
Laurel enjoying the pancakes Papaw fixed her...
Baby Trilby and Summit...
Sometimes we forget to take the time to truly be thankful for our lives and the blessings that flow. It is so often easy to take for granted the things that God has given us each day. While I certainly have faced hardships before, the loss of my precious mother and sister and the grave illness of my dad when he had brain surgery, I believe the previous year has been the most trying of my life. I have faced fear that seemed insurmountable and attacks of darkness that tried my faith to its core. But through these experiences I have came out a stronger person, my faith indelible, and my relationships with people on a higher plain. I know from where my strength lies and I have truly learned to stand on faith when the sea of bewilderment and fear swirl around me. I know that God is indeed in control of my life and the situations that arise in it, I know that your family- at least here in these mountains- get your back when you need them to, and I have learned that when the rubber meets the road the people that really matter hang in there and fight the battle with you. I have to say I am now happier than I have ever been in my entire life. I take nothing for granted. I awake each morning and see my sleeping husband beside me and I am thankful, I talk to my children- who are my heroes- and I am thankful, I speak to my friends and I am thankful- I go to church and see my brothers and sisters around me and I know what true love and support is, and I am thankful. Each day that I encounter people who stop and take the time to say- hey we love you and Chris and I am thankful. This year being thankful is not about material things, jobs or finances, it is about those we love and the ability to be there with them and love them back. So this thanksgiving I am blessed and I am so thankful…
3 comments:
I love you Vicky!!! I too am very thankful!!! Your post makes my heart smile beyond measure!!!
Beautifully said, and what a beautiful family photo.
happy thanksgiving, i hope all is well. it is good to see all you together. the kids have grown very much. hard to think we are that old, me especially! wish i could visit, i miss your part of the mountains. guess dorothy was right when she said "there's no place like home". we're getting by ok. winters coming on and snows getting deep in the forests. trying to fill freezer before it gets too much worse. i like walking in the woods even when i don't see game. kind of balances ones place in the world. hope you get to see dad; give him my thoughts and best wishes as you all are in my thoughts and heart alot. your cuz, connard
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