MacBigot Cached Glances

[Thanks first to Michelle Malkin for getting the ball rolling; self-reliance is such a important sentiment to balance any true sense of thankfulness that I hope no one misses it. Now on to me and mine...]

I am thankful for the roof that this year has now been over my children for almost five years. We have not always been sure that it would be as solid as it has become.

I am thankful my children are (mostly) healthy and filled with potential (along with all the other stuff that 8- and 10-year-olds are full of).

I am thankful for the three psychotic cats that also live in our home.

I am thankful for the ability to work. Not every person is guaranteed this.

I am thankful for functional transportation. For me, nothing drives me nuts more than not being able to provide my family with reliable wheels.

I am thankful for the friends and family that have shared with us and cared for us.

I am thankful for my God. He defines what is our purpose, and provides peace throughout the storms.

Mostly, I am thankful for my wife — whom I believe He sent to show me His kingdom. I didn’t even have to die first.

Enjoy the rest of the Thanksgiving weekend, everybody. -Dan

From ‘Giving Thanks’, by Jennifer James at LATimes.com:

“…For the Pilgrims, life was a constant battle for survival. Later, Governor William Bradford made a decision. Instead of the colonists sharing their crops equally, he assigned a parcel of land to each family and told them they could keep whatever they produced for themselves.”

“Then what happened?” asked Sam.

“At last the Pilgrims began to prosper. Governor William Bradford wrote in his book ‘Of Plimoth Plantation,’ ‘This had very good success, for it made all hands industrious, so as much more corn was planted than otherwise would have been.’ ”

“Shoot! If you can keep everything you make, of course you’re going to work harder. Everybody knows that.”

Grandpa answered, “The first seed had been planted for the American Revolution. People were free to practice their religions as they saw fit and were free to keep the fruits of their labor. This had never happened before in the history of mankind. In the words of William Bradford, ‘As one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shone unto many, yea in some sort to our whole nation.’”

“That William Bradford sounds like a pretty cool guy,” said Sam.

“He was a pretty cool guy,” Grandpa said with a chuckle.