thanksgiving

Come ye thankful people come, raise a song of harvest home

Thanks for my family, above all else. They are unfailingly supportive in all areas of my life.  My parents, sister, brother and nephew trekked to Northern Ireland to see me, and they have been to Georgia already. We’ve had a wonderful time!

Thanks for friends near and far, old and new. I am forever reminded of the incredible network of people in my life, even those with whom I am in rare contact but still remain important.

All is safely gathered in ere the winter storms begin

Thanks for a year of safe travels – I was fortunate to get to six countries (and back!) without incident.

Thanks for the climate in Northern Ireland, which suited me perfectly. There’s a sentence you won’t read every day.

God our Maker doth provide for our wants to be supplied

Thanks for my job. I write that with great emotion as I know some people can’t say that this year, or have been forced to take a job that they do not enjoy. I have wonderful co-workers, I work for a tremendous company, and I love what I do.

Thanks for my house. Or should I say, the house that the bank owns but lets me live in. Please come visit.

Come to God’s own temple come

Thanks for my church in Northern Ireland, Fitzroy Presbyterian Church, which made my 15 months there so meaningful. The people I met there opened their hearts and homes, and supported me literally to my final moments in the country. I miss them terribly.

Thanks for friends from my childhood church, who now live in this area (would you believe it?) and continue to be there for me in whatever I need. What peace of mind – the most secure I have felt in all my relocations.

Raise a song of harvest home

Thanks for the advantages of a big city: the music, museums, professional sports, restaurants and incredible diversity. My heartstrings are still tuned to Belfast, but I am finding new melodies each month in my own backyard.

Atlanta has the country’s busiest airport, which means there are flights arriving nearly every minute. Please consider when your nearest departing flight might bring you here – I would love to see you.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family, and I wish you a blessed Christmas and an incredible 2010.

 

All the best,

Lori