I Am Thankful to be a Grandmother, Again!

I don't think I will be stealing the thunder of the Bahlmann's by announcing the birth of our 10th grandchild and our 5th granddaughter today!  All is well.  Heidi and daughter a fine.  I will leave them to fill in the particulars but we are grateful mother and child are doing fine.  We are truly thankful for this most bounteous blessing!

I Am Thankful I am a Member of the Church

Today I am thankful I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  It is our stake conference this weekend and we have two members of the Seventy speaking to us.  It will be a long weekend but a wonderful one.  I am grateful for all the gospel has taught me.  Gaining my testimony has come through time but it is a knowledge that is mine and one that I will continue to work on.  I know this is the true and living Church of Christ on the earth at this time and I am so grateful to be a part of it.

PS:  I have tried to put pictures on my posts but for some reason the blog is blocking me.  It says I don't have a license for my own pictures!  I need to figure out how to unblock this latest 'block' that has caused this.

I Am Thankful For a Good Doctor

Yesterday I went to see my endocrinologist.  I have had thyroid issues since Heather was born.  This Dr. has been monitoring me for several years now.  I have a new primary care physician that I do not like and I am trying to find a new one.  It turns out that my endocrinoligist quietly listened to all of my complaints and told me to basically hold to his course - not the new doctor.  He also said that I had been mis-diagnosed and to not panic.  I left feeling so much better.  I do need to lose weight and get back to where I was 4 years ago.  I would feel so much better.  I am just so grateful that he listens and reassures the way he does.

I am hoping to be able to blog but I have been having problem getting into my blog to blog.  We will see what tomorrow brings.

I Am Thankful For

Today I am thankful Clyde has a job.  In this economy, especially in Rhode Island, jobs are not easy to come by.  I am grateful that Clyde has a job that pays fairly well and gives him the time he needs to perform his responsibilities as bishop.  I watch people struggle to find work or to simply make ends meet.  We are so blessed.  I could go on and on about the things I am thankful for but I have a whole month to do that.

I am Thankful For My Husband

I am thankful for Clyde everyday but today I will post about him.  I love that he so willingly drives me to seminary every morning because my night blindness is so bad that I can't get there on my own.  I love that he pretty much chauffeurs me everywhere I need to be because I cannot figure out my way around Rhode Island.  I love to be with him.  Someone saw us coming into the room together at a stake meeting not to long ago and laughed.  They said that they knew we would be together because they had never seen us apart.  We will be married 38 years this year and have known each other 39.  We are still best friends.  It has been worth every step of our journey to get to this point.

I Am Thankful I Can Vote

For day two of giving thanks - it is also election day.  I am grateful for this right to vote.  I spent a lot of time in Germany growing up.  When I was there, the country was still divided into East Germany and West Germany.  Almost half of the European countries were dictated too and did not have the right of a democratic government.  I remember listening to a German friend of ours who had moved to Germany from Romania, expound on how important it was to choose your leaders.  I remember listening to him from the time I was 9 years old.  He was impassioned about it because so many of his family had very few rights at all.  So ever since I could vote, I have.  If I miss an election or couldn't vote locally because we moved then I don't complain because I feel I have no right too.  But if I have cast a ballot and things are not going well - then I feel I have every right to complain because I have put my two cents in at the ballot box.  I may not get my candidate but I at least had my say.  One presidential election I admit to voting for Snoopy and Mickey Mouse because I felt they would run the country much better than the two men running for office.  I turned out to be right!  I am still grateful for the blessing of being able to vote and I will be exercising that right today.  I will tell you if it goes off without a glitch later on.  Somehow every time I have voted in Rhode Island - there has been problem.  I can't wait to see what it is today.  (There is never a problem for Clyde, just for me.)

November 1st

Yesterday while I was sitting in church, I decided I needed to do a month of things I was thankful for.  So I am starting the month off with a simple one.  I am thankful for the opportunity to teach seminary.   I have the most amazing seminary class!  They are so much fun to be with.  I was astonished this morning to find out that we had been together 35 times.  It doesn't seem like we have met that frequently.  We have had amazing discussions and interesting lessons because of the questions and comments they have come up with.  I can't believe how blessed I am to have this opportunity.