We have changed our background in honor of the upcoming holiday. You like? I like. Being that the holiday season is a time where we reflect on things we are thankful for and gifts in general I am always forced to consider the gifts that I treasure in my life. As is the tradition this time of year I will be naming them in the form of a list:
1. Knowledge of the truth
2. Knowledge that Christ was made a sacrifice so that I could be saved from myself.
3. The right to choose to be optimistic in a world filled with trials and the ease of pessimism.
4. Knowledge that Heavenly Father loved me so much that he allowed me to meet and marry Anna Marie Nancy Knapp even though I will have to work until the day after forever ends to repay him. She is a saint. I mean that with all of my heart. I don't know anyone with a greater capacity to love and forgive on all this earth. She deserves more than what I am but Heavenly Father in all of his wisdom knew how much I needed her and will ultimately be able to justify the multitudes of blessings she will receive for having been my eternal companion. I love you.
5. Marlowe for making me a Daddy and for giving me good sense and proper perspective.
6. Little Mason for helping me to want to try to be more patient.
7. The BANNING BOYS.
8. Life's challenges including (even especially) those that were completely avoidable...or in other words those challenges that I brought on myself.
9. ALL of you. If you're reading this post it's because our paths have crossed and somewhere along the way we decided to stay in touch. Thank you for being our friends. And finally...
10. Chili Dogs. Don't laugh. It's not funny. On Black Friday Mason, Randy and myself left at 4:45 am to check out the day after Thanksgiving sales at Wal Mart. I mentioned that Anna had told me that Wienerschnitzel would be opened at 5 am. We laughed. I joked, "Who would eat a chili dog that early?". Me, I guess. I didn't even know that I needed it but I could not get the thought of a chili dog out of my head. I was going to sneak over to get one when Randy pointed out that he couldn't find Mason. We walked to the van and he wasn't there either. We turned towards Wienerschnitzel and I felt a tear starting to form in my eye. For there was my faithful friend Mason in his XXXL red and white striped shirt that could have camouflaged 500 Where's Waldos, sipping on a large diet coke and waiting for his pastrami dog. We were brothers in hot dogs that morning. I joined him and ordered a chili dog, no cheese extra mustard and washed it down with a lemonade and Pepsi cocktail. Some moments bond people for life. This was not one of them. It was just funny that we ate hot dogs so early. The end.
TAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG! You're it. Let us know what 10 things you are grateful for.
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Mese you so crack me up. Whenever you post, I can't wait to show it to Rachel. You make us laugh so hard. And, you are so right about your wife. She is an angel and a saint. You are a lucky man but remember that you chose well and that makes you a smart man as well. And of course you are right about chili dogs. There are times when they hit the spot like nothing else can. Happy Holidays. Let's do a big dinner again soon.
Mese, seriously, I almost threw up when I heard you guys at hot dogs that early!!! Shawn missed out big time!
I'm lovin the new look! I need to do some work to mine and I want to get Ryan to post too. I love to hear what people are grateful for, and it's so neat to hear you speak of your love for anna. Thanks for sharing.
I'm grateful for chili cheese fries...but not at 5am. You guys are funny!
Hey Anna, did you know that you can have two authors on the same blog? You just go to 'Customize', then 'Settings', then 'Permissions' then ' Add Author' and you add Mese as an author using his email account. That way, it'll say "posted by mese" instead of you. This might help in who's posting what.
Oh my!! I'm grateful for stuff'd crust pizza and want to put a curse on whoever decided to put bacon in homemade mac n' cheese!! MMM!! My 2 weaknesses. Hahaha Thats fat but I LOVE IT!!
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