Nov. 6, 2008 - Counting Your Blessings
When I was a kid, every year at Thanksgiving, my dad would sit us down to "count our blessings." This is something I've tried to continue with my children. Several years ago, I saw this idea (see picture) and wanted to implement it, but just never got around to it. This year~I did!! I cut a branch from one of the trees in our yard, put it in a vase and anchored it with some small rocks. I wrapped the vase with burlap and a ribbon. I also attached an envelope and put leaves cut from construction paper, pre-cut lengths of ribbon and a pen in it. Every morning at breakfast we will all take a leaf, write down something we are thankful for and tie it to our "Blessings Tree" I hope to keep all the leaves and from year to year we can go back and read them. How about you? Does your family have any special ways or tradtions that you use to count your blessings? If so, I'd love to hear about them! :)
In case you are wondering, the card on the envelope reads:
"For each new morning with it's light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Comments
Nov. 6, 2008 - Thats too cool, mashallah!
Posted by muslimokie
That is awlsome! I am going to do that! Inshallah. It's so cute and very concrete! My 4 year old would love it!
I am so thankful for so many things but it's hard to explain that to a 4 year old.
Nov. 6, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
Elizabeth that is such a really wonderful idea. I'm starring this entry too -- you get a lot of stars from me by the way :-) I want to remember all these neat ideas. I would have loved to do this when I was little, and it's just the kind of thing my mom would have done with us too (you remind me a lot of her in the way you do things with your little ones).
Heidi
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Nov. 6, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by 2boysmom
Great idea! Thanks for visiting my blog and for the comment. Come back soon!
