giving thanks.

I was out walking yesterday afternoon and saw a wooden painted sign on someone's front door, which said "LET US GIVE THANKS"... I am so grateful to live in a place where we stop and celebrate how blessed we are!
And what a holiday for us; this long weekend is the final harvest and clean-up of our vegetable garden.
In this blessing, I am thankful for our kind friends who share with us their large garden plot on an acreage at the other end of town. There is a deer fence, and an irrigation system which involves collecting water from a pond at the edge of the creek.
I always feel rich and bountifully blessed whenever I go down there. I love walking down the hill through the long green grass and opening up the gate into our wonderful shared place. We couldn't enjoy any of this without the generosity of good friends.
My favorite part of our veggie garden is Kirby! He's the man who grows it, works it, and without him we definitely wouldn't have any of this earth's rich bounty. I enjoy it, but for various dull reasons, my fine husband does the lion's share of the gardening. Just one more way he provides for our family...
I am grateful for prophets who've always taught that we should grow what food we can. It makes sense for a lot of reasons, but without good parents who taught Kirby and I to value and follow this divinely inspired counsel, what are the chances we would have prioritized growing vegetables with our children all these years? Slim. We live in town, and don't really have space or soil to grow a lot in our yard.
I remember always growing gardens in whatever backyards we had. I appreciate being able to teach our children to do this simple, soul-and-body-nourishing work...
Let me just add that I am grateful for the FOOD! We are sure looking forward to the harvest feast.
Thank Heaven for the seeds and soil, sunshine and rain that make our garden grow.

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