Welcome to Thankful Thursday - January 24, 2013

Scenes from Winter of 2011

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, 

continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him,
 strengthened in the faith as you were taught, 
and overflowing with thankfulness.
Colossians 2:6-7

Greetings Sweet Friends,

Hope you have had a very good 
week.

Mine has been good, fairly uneventful, 
which is fine with me.  Just enjoying the cooler
weather,  putzing around, and reading a lot.

So on with Thankful Thursday........

#1

I am thankful

for this wonderful true story I saw this morning,

it is so precious it made me cry ....so get your hanky.

  Just had to share it,  would have put a link but since 

it was on yahoo news figured it would be gone quick,

since it is Good News..................lol

Well, worth the read believe me!

God bless these wonderful kids.............

Tennessee Homecoming King Nominees Give Crown to Another Teen

By CHRISTINA NG | Good Morning America – 19 hours ago

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  Three Tennessee homecoming king nominees made a unanimous and touching decision that no matter who won, they would give the crown to a beloved student with a genetic condition.

  
  

  Students Jesse Cooper, Drew Gibbs and Zeke Grissom were all nominated for homecoming king at Community High School's basketball homecoming ceremony.

  The teens got together and decided that the winner would turn over the honor to junior Scotty Maloney, who has Williams Syndrome, a neurological disorder that inhibits learning and speech.

  "I've been blessed with so many things," Cooper told ABC News' Nashville affiliate WKRN-TV. "I just wanted Scotty to experience something great in his high school days."

  "He's always happy, so he deserves some recognition for who he is," Gibbs said.

  Cooper won the popular vote for king, but when the official announcement was made at a Friday ceremony, the principal told the crowd what the nominees had decided to do.

  "When they called [Scotty's] name, his eyes got really big and I don't know that he registered exactly what was happening. He knew something was," Maloney's teacher Liz Hestle Gassaway told ABCNews.com. "It was very, very emotional."

  The crowd erupted with cheers and Maloney got a long standing ovation, WKRN reported, as he was awarded his "King" medal.

  "It was just a ton of emotion from everybody," Grissom told WKRN. "I think I saw Scotty shed a few tears. I know Jesse was pretty emotional. We were all emotional out there on the court."

  Maloney is a beloved teen in his school and in the community, Gassaway said.

  "Scotty is fabulous. He is a superstar. He knows everybody. There's not one person that Scotty does not know," she said. "To know him and meet him is to love him."

  Gassaway believes that the nearly 500-student school in Unionville, Tenn., is "one of the best schools in the world when it comes to dealing with special needs children."

  Students like Cooper help out in special needs gym classes and other activities. Gassaway said the boys' gesture toward Maloney sent a greater message.

  "We want people to have more empathy towards people, not be scared of people with disabilities," she said. "We want them to embrace them, more like the boys did."

  Next year Maloney will get to crown the school's new homecoming king. But for now, he is proudly sporting his medal everywhere he goes.

  "He's been wearing his medal around," Gassaway said with a laugh. "He is not here today because he had a doctor's appointment, but I'm sure he has his medal on."
  
  
  
  
  #2
  I am thankful

  that I have been off the Ibuprofen for over a week

  now, and am pretty much back to normal, every

  once in awhile if I bend way over I can still feel

  it isn't completely gone yet, but that is a good

  reminder for me to be careful.

  
  

  
  

  #3

  I am thankful

  that I finally had time to get in my computer 

  room and work on setting up a drop leaf table

  we moved from the guest bedroom after

  Thanksgiving.  I just decided to let it sit until

  after Christmas was over and everything was

  back to normal.  It is now my work table....

  looks way better than it did,  as it still had stuff

  stacked on from the move, we exchanged it with

  an entertainment center.  it is now more 
  organized and useable.  Yeah!! 

  
  

  It is not yet in it's final destination but hope
  fully soon!

  
  

  
  

  #4

  I am thankful

  that my friends mother who was taken to the

  hospital on Monday is showing improvement,  

  they are still doing tests,  but things are looking 
  better, and they are more encouraged.
  
  

  #5
  I am thankful
  

  for God's word, because every time we read

  it there is always something new to learn or

  encouragement to be had, or incites for living.

  
  

  #6

  I am thankful

  for soups and stews to eat when it is cold

  outside.  Made a nice pot of Beef Stew last

  night and it was so good, and so warming.

  
  
  
  

  

  
  #7

  I am thankful

  that a friends Grandbaby arrived safely

  and soundly.  Mom and baby are doing well,

   and I know my friend is very relieved that

  part is all over with.  That reminds me

  that is coming soon for us too!!  lol

  
  

  #8

  I am thankful

  that Megan's baby shower is this Saturday

  and that we all get to participate and enjoy it 
  with her and her family, and also that Dee and

   I got to help out with it some.  Also thankful, 
  that she and Scott will hopefully have plenty 
  of time to finish getting all set up. The baby's
   room is pretty much ready now,  just a few
   finishing touches left to do.
  
  #9

  I am thankful

  that a sweet bloggy friend Sue, was not
  injured by an unexpected event, a bottle
  of cherry cordial someone had given her,
  and that she had for a long time all of a
  sudden exploded in her china hutch and
  she didn't even know it till she found the
  huge mess it made,  but fortunately she
  was not injured, and nothing else was
  broken.  Thank the Lord!!
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  #10
  I am thankful
  for all my friends, whether they are
  living near or far away or in blogland,
  you are all so inspiring and fun to get 
  to know. You all have so much talent, 
  and so much to share, and you bring a
   great deal of pleasure and delight to 
  this lady, and that is for sure, and I 
  appreciate your sweet comments that
   encourage me, and sweet prayers for
   me at times when I have needed them
   as well.
  May the Lord bless each one of you
  with exactly what you need at this
  moment in your life............
  
  
  
  
  #11
  I am thankful

  for my new hygenist recommended

   oral B braun electric toothbrush. I

  have to say I always thought electric

  toothbrushes were for lazy people,

  but after trying this one,  I have to

  say my teeth do feel so much cleaner

  and it even has a timer so you brush

   for the proper length of time.

  Fancy Smancy!!  lol

  
  

  
  

  #12

  I am thankful

  that DeeAnna is  getting to come out early on

  Sat. to have breakfast with us and visit awhile, 

  before we go to Megan's shower, haven't seen 

  her in a while, so that should be fun, and we 

  are looking forward to it.  Jerry is working 

  that day, which is not typical.

  
  

  
  

  

  
  
  
  
  Well, there you have it folks,

  my week's worth of thankfuls!

  Hope you have had a wonderful

  week of thankfuls too!

  
  

  Thanks for coming by to visit,

  You are always welcome and

  appreciated.  Always good

  to hear from you.

  
  

  Love, Hugs,  and

  blessings,

  
  

  Nellie