I asked everyone to write a list of things they were thankful for or blessings in their lives. Anonymously. And that maybe we would guess later.
Some times I start things with no clear idea how to implement them, or execution/finish. My practical consultant (husband John) said I could just call it an art project. I wanted to glue these black scraps of paper in our family "Book of Blessings" a gilt-edged monstrous Bible I cavalierly altered. No, it wasn't a family bible. But now it is! We are blessed with an abundance of paper-copies of scriptures that we can carry around easier than this huge tome. And I could imagine this book as an art relic, personalized. Like a huge scrap book. Documenting tender mercies and things we are grateful for as a family. I left the spelling and parenthesis, but used brackets for art work descriptions. Can you guess contributors?
family
music
books
warmth of sun
wind in car with windows rolled down
stars
mountains
color!
paint
truth
Gospel
prayer
home
family
temples
food
safety
time
prayer
scriptures
chickens
friends
patience
a faithful partner
creativity
color
hope
warmth
comfort
Gospel
temple marriage
children
cats
insulin
democracy & freedom
family
sunshine
missionaries
modern medicine
bishops & others who serve in demanding callings
trees
azaelas
roses
chocolate
automobiles, telephones, email, internet, facebook
reconnection with old friends
family [heart smiley face]
additions to family [wink]
food (especially the pie)
temple
clothes
pets
house (shelter)
money
everything
Doctor Who
food
colors
water
friends
books
new people
salt
dogs
nature
shrimp cocktail
everything
words
sight
space
sun
moon
stars
this pen
pressure
family
love
forgiveness
light & color
salt
toys
laughter
sunsets & sunrises
children
helpers
freedom
books
cooking for other people
family and cousins
hugs
cars
Book of Mormon
Elder Bednar
cell phones and texting and Skype!
Plan of Salvation
Atonement
Birth to goodly parents
sealing in temple to choice spirit
missions
other opportunities to serve
loving family
family
food
shelter
clothing
friends
school
pie
hollodays
phones
tecnolegy
games
rooms
family, my house, bed, friend, food
family
a home
food
clothes
pets
The Gospel
Friends
electricity
socks
music
computers
freedom
watches
water
cookies
birds
trees
American rights
family
religion
right to vote
shelter
food
sanitary conditions
technology
friends nature
life
mom
dad
friends
aunt
grandpa
grandma
food
family
friends
a house
daddy
mommy
clothes
I am thankful for food [picture of raining or snowing clouds and sunshine]
The support of my family
My family [heart]
The Earth [heart]
Sisters
My dog
temples
home
food
friends
color
hope
love [heart]
Grace
I am thankful for:
family
friends
gosple
food
Home
books
warm coats
rain & snow
Animals
sight & glasses
Trees
Temple & Church
A day to give thanks
technology
fudge
salsa
stores
farms
Mom
dad
brothers
cosins
clothes
shoes
food
teacher
the church
electronics
Pintrest
MSP
shoes
nail polish
friends
candy
money
trees
I am thankful for my family because they are nice to me and Jesus because he made our world he also made my Life he also helped us make our temple he also gave me comfort he also Let Me have frinds he let me have a family god will be nice to me.
Blessings/Things I am thankful for:
*how my family has grown over the past years, not just with family, but with friends also
*patriaricle (sorry if I did not spell it right) blessings, that I can read mine whenever I want and that it can help me when I need it.
*That my dad is such an amazing cook! and that I can learn from him so that I can become a good cook as well
&no matter all of the difficult situations, we always get through them
*FOOD!
*Doctor Who!
*Seminary sunrises
Food
family
computer
America
Pie
ties
flowers
school
Moon
tables
Pens
books
people
turkey
carpet
tile
cousins
grandparents
relitives
church
dress clothes
Not Fish
Grass weather
plates
pencils
mechanical pencils
corndogs
pizza
ramen
oven
microwave
band
TV
movies
Entertainment
Mice
cats
dogs
Fish (alive)
dogs
Blessings
Life health doctors family spouse children grandchildren in-laws taste sight hearing smell touch mobility intelligence understanding revelation atonement freedom choices time friends opportunities warmth coolness variety food cooks fire electricity technology peace books computers courage prophets priesthood temple trips animals birds beasts schools churches stores government scriptures
My parents, Dad happily eating pickled okra, a Smith family tradition! (I was surprised at how tasty it is!)
