Since last Saturday my son Samuel and I have been staying at my Mom's. My Grandmother recently passed away and we'll be with Mom for the funeral and Thanksgiving. She lives in Boise City in the Oklahoma panhandle. Today I went with her to get a CAT scan at the Baptist Saint Anthony Hospital in Amarillo, Texas. My Mom has had some struggles with congestion. The procedure only took 5 minutes. I enjoyed the trip. Samuel went too. The trip was 2 hours one way. We ate our lunch at Wendy's. (We got off cheap, about $8.50 for all of us.)

On the way back I asked if she'd play a game with me and give me a list of 101 things she is thankful for. We didn't make it all the way to 101 but we did make it half way because she said each of her children and each of her grandchildren and great grandchildren count as one.

Mom is thankful to God for:

11 children
26 grandchildren
7 sons and daughters- in-law (she won't tell who's her favorite)
her car that does good
how God always takes good care of her and helps her through everything
her house
her sons who come to visit and fix things like doorknobs and toilets
all her family that were able to come to the funeral
Daniel, Deena, Samuel and I who will get to be here for Thanksgiving
how God takes care of her daughter Penny in Russia
how God is taking care of all her kids all of the time
her financial situation--things always seem to turn out okay when they look hopeless
how she is able to travel alot
how she had a good mother who was strict on them but taught them the Bible
Kenneth and Kyla too (her babies that died)
how our Daddy was a hardworking man

Yep, my personal opinion . . . that list is a good summary of things Mom has continuously told us through time and when she tells us about one or two of them here and there, she'll usually add, "God is so good to me."