I am thankful for my Lord & Savior Jesus Christ, & His patience, mercy & forgiveness.
I am thankful for my husband & for all my children.
I am thankful for the options available to us for homeschooling.
I am thankful for the resources available regarding autism.
I am thankful for the amount of online support groups for homeschooling, autism, etc.
I am thankful for all the helpful people who share their experiences to help others.

I am thankful I made it downstairs just fine this morning, carrying the little ones, with my bad knee.
I am thankful that the Lord will help me through this day, with my grocery pick up, & with my Big Guy who is quite irritable today, along with whatever else comes around!
I am thankful for the laundry getting done earlier rather than later today.
I am thankful for Arnica, a homeopathic which takes away pain & heals bruising & physical trauma.
I am thankful I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me... Phi 4:13 !

I am thankful for beautiful twin daughters the Lord blessed us with
one year ago today!
I am thankful for their beautiful smiles & happy giggles.
I am thankful for their sweet hugs & pure love they show me.
I am thankful for all the joys we've shared together this past year.
I am thankful for all the lessons I'll learn from them.
I am thankful for Him pulling me closer to Him this past year through it all.
I am thankful for all my lovely children.
I am thankful to the Lord for all the joy, struggles, bad times & good, through which I could do nothing without Him...Phi 4:13.

I am thankful for the opportunity to blog.
I am thankful for all the wonderful praying friends I have met from blogging.
I am thankful for all the warm & encouraging comments from blog friends.
I am thankful for all the prayers & caring blogging friends have shown
me & my family.
I am thankful for all who read my blog with an open heart & mind.
I am thankful for those who have found this blog & have written to tell me they found it encouraging.
I am thankful for their encouragement as well when they write.
I am thankful the information I have been able to share on this blog has helped some of those people in making tough decisions regarding vaccinating their children.
I am thankful for all experiences shared here that can be of any help & support to others.
I am thankful to be allowed to be an encouragement to anyone raising an autistic child or children.

New to this blog is "Thankful Thursday" which I first found on Sheila's blog. I love the idea & hope to keep up with it fairly regularly.

I'm thankful for the Lord's Saving Grace, His guidance & forgiveness.
I'm thankful for my hard working husband & beautiful children.
I'm thankful for the new treatments for Big Guy & Little Guy.
I'm thankful for the Lord's Hand of protection & healing on Ladybug II last week.
I'm thankful for some really wonderful friends who prayed & were "there" for us, even just through concerned & thankful emails.
I'm thankful my husband is over his cold & no one else has symptoms.
I'm thankful for the blessings of obedience (of which I need constant work!).
I'm thankful for His help, particularly when I'm tired & weary of the challenges, isolation, & routine.
I'm thankful for how much love the Lord, my husband, & my children show me everyday.