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Thanksgiving Thankful...Paper Clips

Today, I am thankful for paperclips.  Not for the reasons you might think, though.  Yesterday I was over thinking this Thanksgiving Thankful thing and mentioned to my dear friend, Heidi, that I felt like everything I was thinking of to be "thankful" for was superficial and I was afraid I'd do this "assignment" wrong.  Whatever that means.

She responded with, "I didn't know there was a "right" way. You could say you are thankful for paper clips if you wanted!".

As I was washing my face for bed last night I fumbled around for something to clip my bangs back.  As I looked around my bathroom counter, all I could find within quick grasp was a giant paperclip, so I grabbed it and pinned my hair back.  As I looked up in the mirror and saw this big pink paperclip doing a rather handy job, I remembered Heidi's comment from earlier in the day...and I smiled.  In that moment, sure, I was thankful for that paperclip.  But the bigger lesson here, is to be thankful for those people in your life who help you put it (and KEEP it!) in perspective.

Thanks, Heidi, for reminding me to just be thankful, no matter big or small.  Your real honesty is a breath of fresh air! 

Thanksgiving Thankful...Geema

Heidi over at StartsAtEight has started what she calls the “Thanksgiving Thankfuls” for the month of November. And I have decided to join her!  So, every day of November, leading up to Thanksgiving, we will be posting those things we are most thankful for. I hope that any and all that feel inspired will join in and spread the wealth. Post it as your Facebook status, add it to your own blog, or even leave me a comment with what you are thankful for today!  Stop over to StartsAtEight to link up!

Today I am thankful for a fabulous mother with amazing sewing skills!!  My mother made Nate the most fantastic Army Guy costume for Halloween this year - complete with his name embroidered on his chest and Geempa's real life Lieutenant bars on the collar.  As you can see, he was thrilled with his costume and loves his Geema something fierce!