Crochet Me Crazy

We got up this morning and decided we better drive to Kerrville to get groceries today because the next available day we could go wouldn't be until Wednesday. I'm too low on food to wait that long so we loaded up and went. It's always a long day when we go because we go around to a lot of stores just for fun really. by the time we get home late and unload groceries...I'm tired, which I am right now. I bought the yarn to finish my afghan though! I'm anxious to finish that up but for now, I'm off to bed!

With the upcoming Thanksgiving Season, I'll leave you with a poem that I read and liked by Helen Steiner Rice .... We all have plenty to be thankful for!


TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED

Take nothing for granted,
for whenever you do
The “joy of enjoying”
is lessened for you…
For we rob our own lives
much more than we know
When we fail to respond
or in any way show
Our thanks for the blessings
that daily are ours…
The warmth of the sun,
the fragrance of flowers,
The beauty of twilight,
the freshness of dawn,
The coolness of dew
on a green velvet lawn,
The kind little deeds
so thoughtfully done,
The favors of friends
and the love that someone
Unselfishly gives us
in a myriad of ways,
Expecting no payment
and no words of praise…
Oh, great is our loss
when we no longer find
A thankful response
to things of this kind,
For the Joy of Enjoying
and the Fullness of Living
Are found in the heart
that is filled with
Thanksgiving.

Helen Steiner Rice

I have always loved the poems of Helen Steiner Rice since I was a girl. The first time I read a Helen Steiner Rice poem was when I read one on a card that my dad had for sale in the Office Supply store my dad used to own. I still have one of those cards with one of her poems on it tucked away in a box somewhere.

This Too Shall Pass

If I can endure for this minute
Whatever is happening to me,
No matter how heavy my heart is
Or how dark the moment may be-

If I can remain calm and quiet
With all the world crashing about me,
Secure in the knowledge God loves me
When everyone else seems to doubt me-

If I can but keep on believing
What I know in my heart to be true,
That darkness will fade with the morning
And that this will pass away, too-

Then nothing in life can defeat me
For as long as this knowledge remains
I can suffer whatever is happening
For I know God will break all of the chains

That are binding me tight in the darkness
And trying to fill me with fear-
For there is no night without dawning
And I know that my morning is near.

...Helen Steiner Rice