Things I'm Thankful For

Happy Thanksgiving!  Every year I like to make a list of all the things I'm thankful for and I thought I'd share some of them with you this year.

I'm so very thankful for....

My loving and supportive husband and for having found...

My wonderful daughter.  I'm so blessed to have her.

Her love for animals and our shared passion for horses; although I know this will cost me a lot as she get older.

My Family and Friends who are always there for me.  I'm very blessed to have so many great people in my life.

photo a friend took of me and a snake.  I've come a long way.

My daughter and some of my friends for getting me over my fear of snakes, especially since she wants one of her own.

One on the rescue horses who is old, blind, and losing his hearing.  He loves his relaxing days at the barn and the attention he gets.  The barn he came from wanted to put him down 10years ago because he lost his sight, here he was given a home and hope.

Days spent in the saddle and being able to volunteer some time to my friend's horse rescue.  I feel very blessed for the days I've gotten to spend with these wonderful animals and people.

Living so close to nature and getting to see wildlife so often.  Thank God I'm a country girl!!

My camera which allows me to capture so many special memories for myself and others.

For the couples that gave me a chance to capture their special day on film and for everyone that I've photographed.

I feel so close to the people I've photographed and so honored that they chose me to give them images that will bring back the memories of that day.

After super storm Sandy I've realized how thankful we are to have electric, our house, and food to eat.  My heart goes out to those who are without.

I have one more tiny thing to be thankful for this year, and while it's tiny my who family is beyond  excited about this last blessing....I'm so very thankful for the surprise we got 4 months ago - I'm pregnant!!!

me 16weeks into this pregnancy :)

I hope everyone has a very happy Thanksgiving and stays safe.  

Hands

I think we often take for granted the things we have in life, and often we never take time to enjoy the small things.  Really it's the small simple joys in life that we live for and we don't realize that until we look back at the memories we have.
I love hands, a persons hands say so much about them.  They are just one of the many ways we touch this world.

What our hands do for us:

 They are the way we get to drink, re-hydrate, and refuel. 

 They are the way we get to play games or many other hobbies one has.

 We cloth them to protect them from blisters, the cold, dirt, and germs;

 We wouldn't protect them if they weren't important.

They show our profession,

 When riding they are one of the ways to give direction and to turn.

 They are the way we connect with nature,
and how we feel.

They are how we learn,

and how we play.

 

They show our age; young, old and everywhere in between.

They are how many pray,

They are how we work,

 

how we care,

and how we communicate without words.

We use them to hold the ones we love close,

 to celebrate,

and to say "I do."

They also show off our dreams, past, present, and future.

Next time that you find life slipping by or you want to be thankful for something think of all that you do with your hands.  Think of the people who don't have hands and how different it is for them to open something, cook, or do many other things we don't take time to think about.

I love how much we depend on our hands, and who much they tell about a person, this won't be the last of photos about how great the small things we over look are on here :)