I sit in front of my laptop this morning of Thanksgiving, drinking my coffee and planning my Thanksgiving feast strategy, and it occurred to me that today is Modern Musings birthday. She has been an outlet for my rants, my creativity, my activism and my writing.
She has too been an inlet, for the many friends that I have met through the blogosphere. Some of you are activists, some of you are writers, some of you are seasoned, some of you are fresh, but all of you are friends, for me real friends. The encouragement that I have received from you all at times boggles my mind and I find myself unworthy of your praise and support.
I have so little in terms of material things but consider myself rich in terms of mere acknowledgment of my efforts, my goals and first and foremost my family. Some of you, I consider part of my family tree.
On this day of thanks I am full, completed and recharged by the love and respect of my family and friends. I sincerely pray that each one of you realize the richness of your lives and encourage you to share your wealth of love with those immediately connected to your spirit and those who are alone in this world. Smile at strangers, invite them to partake of your meal and remember we are all brothers and sisters.
I would like to share this Thanksgiving Prayer from the Iroquois Nation provided by Carolyn Bake.
Let us greet the world in Thanksgiving as if we were sharing one mind, one heart, and one body. Today we have gathered and come from many different places. We have arrived safely at this place to share with each other our gifts from the Creator. So we bring our minds together as one in Thanksgiving and Greetings to one another.
We now turn our thoughts to Earth Mother. She continues to care for us and has not forgotten her instructions from the beginning of time. Now we bring our minds together in Thanksgiving for the Earth.
Now as one mind we turn our thoughts to the Waters of the Earth for they too have not forgotten their instructions from the Creator of Life. The Waters continue to flow beneath the ground, in little streams and in rivers, in lakes and in wetlands, and in the great seas. They quench our thirst and help keep us clean so we can fulfill our duty to Creation. We now bring our minds together in Thanksgiving to all the Waters of the Earth.
Wishing you all the most blessed of days today and for always, from my family to yours.
on Nov 22nd, 2007 at 4:16 pm
Hi Danielle,
Happy Thanksgiving to you too, dear
Even thought I’am not going to have a taditional feast, family & friends back in the Sates have been on my mind.
I have already counted my blessings today…
Amen to your beautiful prayer.
See you soon.
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on Nov 23rd, 2007 at 2:27 am
Happy Thanksgiving Danielle,
Also happy birthday to ModernMusings! I really like what you’ve done with your blog as you’ve moved to your own domain. Well done.
peace, Villager
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on Nov 23rd, 2007 at 3:37 am
Hi Danielle, Happy Thanksgiving to you
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on Nov 25th, 2007 at 1:40 am
Happy Thanksgiving!
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on Nov 25th, 2007 at 1:49 am
Happy Belated Thanksgiving to you!
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on Nov 26th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
happy thanksgiving. and yes, you are a friend.
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on Nov 27th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Happy birthday to ModernMusings! I’m a first-time visitor, but I really like what I see here.
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on Nov 28th, 2007 at 2:58 am
Happy Thanksgiving (belated) and Happy Birthday to Modern Musings. Congratulations too to Raj on getting three hugs and a kiss from Kucinich! Good going, Raj!
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on Dec 2nd, 2007 at 2:05 pm
Happy Sunday everybody. I hope you have better weather where you are then we do here in New York where it’s snowing and windy and it’s the coldest day of the year so far…20 degrees. with a wind chill factor of 13 degrees.
Stay warm and pass the Hot Toddy. …I like mine with Tequila, Kahlua , a bit of Tuaca, and coffee.
on Dec 5th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
Hi Danielle,
How are you ? I hope that life is good for you and your loved ones. I just wanted to say that you have an award coming your way !
Details on the 4 December post.
See you very soon.
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