Blessed Thanksgiving
Joy bell ringing
Banjo singing
Voices mingling
Noses tingling
Children swinging
Laughter lingering
Bringing thanks to God.
by Julie Dunlap, 11-25-2009
Pauper's Thanksgiving
Banker's loaning
Congress owning
Parents groaning
Children moaning
Grace atoning
by Nathan Dunlap, 11-25-2009
Note: Three years ago my husband and I had a lot of fun thinking up these rhymes on Thanksgiving morning by candlelight. At the time we were living in a rustic cabin at the edge of the woods. Our bedroom had a picture window that looked out at treetops, since the cabin is built on a slope and our room was upstairs. The moonlight shone brightly into our room as well. I recall this particular morning laughing as we were thinking up these poems in the early hours. There is so much to be thankful for in this life, and I am thankful for poetry and laughter, music and mountains, my husband and his faithfulness, children and family, and most of all I give thanks to God for His abundant grace and loving-kindness!!! I encourage you to thank God for all the good you know in this life, for all good gifts come from the Lord.
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