My sister Donnie spent a week with Terry and me, heading home to Calgary last Saturday.
I miss her terribly, but I am deeply grateful that she came.
While she was here, Donnie and I talked until our jaws ached.
A topic we returned to over and over was how lucky we have been in life
and the gratitude that we feel for our many blessings,
especially when many, many others struggle through unimaginable hardships.
So today, on Thanksgiving Day, my heart is full of gratitude
for the wonderful things I have been given in my life, starting with Donnie.
Donnie (right) and Me
Aurora, Colorado, United States
November 22, 2025
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Terry and I at the Carousel Bar
The Plaza, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
July 1, 2025
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I'm sure that much of what I'm grateful for isn't that different from what others appreciate,
family, friends, love, home, health, fulfillment, and life itself.
My Amazing Parents, Don and Sara MacBeath
On Their Honeymoon
Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada
Early September 1948
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The First Photo of We Five
Donnie, Barb, Me with Bertie, and Roy with Gretchen (our beloved dachshund)
Margaretsville, Nova Scotia, Canada
March, 1959
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Special Friends Like Cheri and Gary
with Whom We Have Spent Many Thanksgivings
Arizona, USA, 2017
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who restored my vision after Graves Eye Disease gave me strabismus eyes.
This compassionate man gave me back my hope and my life.
Prem S. Subramanian, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery and Vice Chair
Sue Anschutz-Rodgers University of Colorado Eye Center/School of Medicine
And, of course, my beautiful Piney Creek and my cottonwood friends who fill me with joy.
Me Sitting on a Favorite Cottonwood Tree Aurora, Colorado, USA
November 22, 2025
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I could list so many things, but I'll stop here.
Donnie and Terry, As Terry Cooks
Aurora, Colorado, USA
November 18, 2025
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Wishing you joy in your life, health, fulfillment and love!
Happy American Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating today!
Till next time ~
Fundy Blue
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My next post will be
Friday, November 28, 2025 🤞
On the Bay of Fundy
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Beautiful photos, dear Louise ❤️ Such a lovely, heartwarming post.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing, dear friend. 😊
Thank you, Linda! Wishing you a lovely weekend! Love and hugs to you!
Delete...Louise, you indeed have so much to be thankful for and so do I. Thanks for this wonderful post, have a wonderful day and each day that comes your way.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Tom! Every day is a gift, and I'm grateful for each one. I hope you are enjoying a nice Thanksgiving with your loved one!
DeleteA wonderful post, Louise! Happy Thanksgiving! Calgary just got hammered with a nasty snow storm, I'm afraid.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Debra! Burrr! I hate nasty snowstorms. I hope you were warm and comfortable. Donnie had to go out into the mess in Calgary for cataract surgery and followup. (She did just fine). We haven't had any snow yet. Stay safe! ❤️
DeleteI love your old photos. Happy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jeff! Wishing you and yours the same!
DeleteDear friend Louise 🥰
ReplyDeleteThis is such a heartfelt and beautiful post🥹♥️
Every word beaded in gratitude for the blessings 🙏
Your sister and you look so lovely and happy together 🥰
I felt such a peace reading that gratitude was the topic you two discussed mostly 🥰🙏
Yes ,life is most beautiful gift to us and blessings are bonus to have so gratitude is due everyday in life 🥹🙏
Much love and happiness to you and loved ones my friend ♥️
Thanks, Baili! Gratitude helps me get through the day. Expressing it helps me overcome a lot of things. Love to you, dear friend! ❤️❤️❤️
Deleteso cool to see your post pop up on my feed this morning,dear Louise!...may we always choose gratitude and joy!!
ReplyDeleteRebecca-Lynne, how lovely to see you! I often think of you. I hope all is well well with you!
DeleteI love this -- you look so happy (so does everyone else!). You have so very much for which to be grateful and every bit is wonderful. Here's to a good rest-of-Thanksgiving week!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jeanie! Life is a precious gift! Love and hugs to you!
DeleteGreat shots indeed. And yeah, those are the things we truly should be thankful for. Unless one has crappy family, then be grateful to be far far away from them lol
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