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Newest Post:  Gratefulness, Continued!

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It's finally here!  My first giveaway!  

November is the month of Thanksgiving--which seems to get swallowed up between Halloween and Christmas at the stores---and just as well.   Heaven help us all if they figure out a way to commercialize Thanksgiving!  

So for this giveaway, we will focus on being thankful!

I am giving away a triangular knit shawl made from Lion Brand Homespun yarn in the color "Baroque".

It is plenty wide enough and long enough to wrap up your shoulders and arms on a coolish morning while you have your quiet time, or maybe on a cool evening while reading blogs on the computer!  

Along with the shawl is a lovely bound blank journal (and a pen--not pictured!) so you can create your own gratefulness journal!

But this isn't "just" a gratefulness journal.

About 9 years ago I was challenged to start a Gratefulness Journal about my husband.   A place where I would write down the things I was thankful for in him.   Now at first, that was easy.  But you can only say, "He's such a good husband/father/provider, etc." so many times!   It has been good for me to really think specifically what I am grateful for.

And to be honest, the times when I was a bit upset at him were the very times I needed to be writing in that journal....and I did!  It's amazing how quickly a "big issue" gets scaled down to less-than-a-minor-glitch when you start focusing on what you have to praise God for in your mate!

I had misplaced the journal when we packed up our room for the remodeling, but I'm on a mission to find it and pick up where I left off!

And I challenge you, my readers, even if you don't win this journal, to get one and start it.

"Oh, but I'm not married", you say?

You're not off the hook either!   A young lady can write what she is grateful for in her father, and even her brothers!   It will be a good practice to be in so when you do marry, you'll have a head start on "looking for the good"!  

And if you are a single mom for whatever reason, you can give thanks for perhaps a Godly woman who is your mentor, or for God Himself--specifically how He is helping you as you look to Him to be your all.

How to enter:

NUMBER ONE!  YOU  MUST DO THIS ONE NO MATTER WHAT OTHER WAYS YOU CHOOSE TO ENTER!  AND IF YOU ENTER ON ANOTHER DAY, YOU MUST DO THIS ONE AGAIN!

1.  Tell me one thing you are grateful for today about your husband (or daddy, etc.).    It can be about his character, something wonderful he's done, how he's weathered a trial, his quiet steady support....

2. Tell three friends about this giveaway and let me know that you did.

3. Post about the giveaway and link back here on your blog or facebook or twitter or whatever else is out there that I am so-not-savvy-about!     Just let me know that you did!

4. Tell me that you are going to start a Gratefulness Journal for your husband (or daddy).   And please DO IT!  If you want to wait to see if you win this lovely journal, that's fine, but MAKE SURE YOU DO IT!  It will be an incredible blessing to you, and if/when you choose to share it with your husband or daddy, it will certainly bless him as well!

This giveaway runs from today, Monday, November 2, through Saturday, November 7, at midnight.    I will let Random.org pick the winner and announce it (hopefully!) on Sunday, November 8!

You may enter as many times as you like!   If, for example, you enter today, you will tell me one thing you are grateful for in your husband or daddy, etc., then maybe tell me you told three friends and posted about it on your blog.

If you happen to twitter about it tomorrow, and you want to come tell me, you must tell me another thing you are grateful for in your husband or daddy, etc.!   Does that make sense?  For each day that you comment about something you did, you also share something you're grateful for!   And it counts each time you do it--as long as it's not the same thing!

And please, no generic "He's a good husband/daddy/provider"!   I want specifics! 

Happy "Thanksgiving"!