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Permalink Reply by VSC DeSoto South on November 18, 2008 at 19:29

hdm, my condolences on your loss.
There are good days and bad.
We all get through them differently.
I spent 3 christmases very down.
The holidays are still hard for me, but I am getting into it little more with each year.
I have to for my kids and grandkids so I try to.
I also try to fo for others, more so in the holidasy, because eahc of my parents had a 'cause' they were passionate about, so I think by doing for others, it somehow makes me feel ike I am close to them by doing something they woudl have done.
not sure if that makes sense.
Take care, don't forget to be nice and gentle with your self.

Permalink Reply by Cathaus on November 19, 2008 at 2:21

This holiday season I am thankful for so many things. Unlike many of you, I am still blessed to have both of my parents and all of my siblings. I could ask for nothing more than that. I have 3 healthy and happy adult children with spouses and children of their own. I have a husband that I adore and luckily, he sometimes even likes me!
Many of you have suffered great losses and for that I offer my most sincere condolences. I lost my mother-in-love 7 years ago. She was my best friend, I miss her daily. She loved the holiday seasons when her children and grandchildren would all be gathered around her over-filled table. The holidays aren't the same without her or my father-in-law that passed away 13 years before her. Our family has so much to be thankful for. May we always know WHO the giver of such blessings are and never to take them for granted.
My mantra is and always will be "MAKE MEMORIES, NOT REGRETS".
May you have the most peaceful of holidays. God Bless us one and all.

Permalink Reply by Rick on November 19, 2008 at 8:02

VSC, thanks for this discussions and thanks to all who have shared their thoughts and feelings. This time of the year, Nov & Dec, are traditional holiday seasons in our great nation and somehow Thanksgiving and Christmas have a way of bringing folks together in ways that we should be united and together all the rest of the days of the year. It's a time for families, giving thanks, food, fun, festivals, gift sharing, love and recognition of our blessings, as individuals and as a nation, a time to acknowledge the creator that placed us here and blessed us with it all.

As I read some of the topics, I began to realize that this site has drawn the ones of us that visit it often, together, and in this analogy, as a family. And at this holiday, it is an honor to be part of this group and to share in some of your feelings and thoughts. Thanks Haynesville for starting this site and keeping it alive, and thanks to all who have supported it. We have cussed and discussed matters of importance, much like a family. We have agreed and disagreed on topics, much like a family. We have argued and compromised, much like a family. We have fought with each other at times, yet stood toe to toe with each other to fight against those that would rise against us, much like a family, we might talk about each other, but others don't talk against us without a fight, much like a family. And we hurt with each other and support each other in times of distress and in feelings of loss and lonesomeness, during this season, just like a family!

My parents have both fought the good fight and received their just reward at the feet of the Savior, my daughter is grown, married and moved on and I'm happy for her, but miss my time with her dearly. I am divorced and single by choice for now, and I have spent several Thanksgivings alone, just me and my old Pitbull dog, but I still find the strength to get up, thank the Lord for the day that He created and for waking me into it, praise Him with the faithful, "this is the day that you have made, and I will rejoice and be glad in it" and I go to the kitchen and cook the meal that mama used to cook, thankful that I had to learn from her how to cook as a child so that I could take care of myself while she worked her 3 jobs trying to feed me and my brothers. I didn't appreciate as much then as I do now.

I am a simple guy, I live a simple life and I'm thankful for the simple things and when I feel a little down at the holidays, I am reminded that it would be selfish of me to ask my loved ones to leave His house, where there are many mansions, just as He had promised and come back to be with me, even for just one day. They worked hard, struggled, did without so we could have better than they did; lived by faith and not by sight, and believed in salvation through God's son, Jesus Christ. So this November 27, if the Lord wakes me, I'll get up, walk down the hall to my kitchen and prepare my meal while my parents and grandparents walk down streets of gold, to a banquet table prepared by angels that were created to serve them, and they'll feast on heavenly manna and praise and honor the Lamb, in all His glory. And I'm thankful that I can look forward to one day being with them again in the Kingdom!

Permalink Reply by Cathaus on November 19, 2008 at 8:20

We may have different skin color, different religions, different political views, different financial levels, etc. but the one thing that binds us together.........................we all part of the family of God. I don't know about you guys, but I think that's a dang good family to belong to !!

Permalink Reply by Snake Stewart on November 20, 2008 at 1:37

This Haynesville family isnt nearly as disfunctional as my other family ! (LOL)

Great post topic VSC "O" !!!!!!!!

Permalink Reply by sesport on November 22, 2008 at 10:43

One of the top 5 things, after my faith, family, friends (including the 4-legged kind), and creature comforts, is to be able to live in a country where I can exercise freedom of choice. It just seems to me this is so fundamental, yet so taken for granted. We can choose to be educated or not, choose to work or not, choose to be successful or not, choose to help our communities or not, and now choose to lease minerals or not. The list is endless, and sometimes we bemoan the fact of having to decide, but I've lived in places where this freedom is restricted. The people in those places have no hope, no dreams, no light at the end of their tunnels. I'm thankful for the light that shines from the right to choose.

Permalink Reply by Anna Mauck-Member Services on November 25, 2008 at 16:37

To All the Troops Serving:

Thank you for sacrificing your holiday to serve and protect this nation. Stay safe.

Permalink Reply by RAY on November 25, 2008 at 19:57

for us Thanksgivingn is FFFB........

Family
Food
Football
Bingo.... the great-grands and the youngest tots share a card;one forgot how to play, the other learning how to play....fun for every one.

Permalink Reply by Iris on November 26, 2008 at 1:40

I try to make everyday a "thanksgiving day" although some days I have a harder time remembering the thanks. I appreciate the Salvation Army holiday kettles as they are a reminder--try to give something everytime I pass by. Also thanks for GHS.

Permalink Reply by Antsu-in-Japan on November 26, 2008 at 5:26

Dear VSC and shale friends:

Thank you all so very much for being a little bit of my 'home away from home.' I am VERY thankful to all of you for being so helpful and caring.

I wish you all good health and happiness, as well as a lifetime full of love and laughter! Don't forget to be grateful for each day of life that is given to you! You'll only get this gift once...use it well!! Stay blessed and enjoy my new shale theme song!! Happy Thanksgiving!!

Permalink Reply by Iris on November 26, 2008 at 10:53

Adorable...

Permalink Reply by Taylor on November 26, 2008 at 11:39

I'm thankful for all those times my Me Me, Granny, and Mom dragged me into the kitchen to help during Thanksgiving. The best recipes are the ones you have in your head where you don't measure a thing! I'm not writing them down either.. I'm dragging my oldest daughter this year! Love it.

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