Archive for December 2007

7 Random and Weird Things About Me

Dec 29th, 2007 | By Suzanne | Category: Memes

I was tagged last week by the fabulous Rebel Belle. The task was to share seven random and weird things about me. Hmmmm…this will be an adventure, to be sure.
First I have to share the rules:
1. Link to the person’s blog who tagged you.
2. Post these rules on your blog.
3. List seven random and/or [...]



Gratitude Story #28: Single Parent Scholarship Fund

Dec 19th, 2007 | By Suzanne | Category: Gratitude

From The Morning News - Local News for Northwest Arkansas
It’s amazing what you can find when you search Google for ‘gratitude’. This story (click the link above) is about the recipients of $1,500 scholarships for single parents in college. In 2007, The Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Washington County was able to award 375 scholarships.
This [...]



Gratitude Story #27: Law of Attraction Quiz on Gratitude

Dec 18th, 2007 | By Suzanne | Category: Gratitude

In the Law of Attraction, being grateful is vital to attaining what you want out of life. Take the gratitude quiz to see if you are stirring up enough grateful feelings to obtain what you desire. (Really, this isn’t a quiz in the technical sense of the word because the answer to each question is [...]



Gratitude Story #26: Learn to express your gratitude, not your gripes

Dec 17th, 2007 | By Suzanne | Category: Gratitude

From The Dispatch Online
Check out this article on gratitude, written by a junior in high school! I was impressed when I found it, because I had no idea a “kid” wrote it until I got to the bottom of the page. It’s well worth the few minutes it will take you to read it, and [...]



Gratitude Story #24: Heroic Passersby

Dec 16th, 2007 | By Suzanne | Category: Gratitude

From the Sun Chronicle Online.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007 12:53 AM EST
Heroic passersby earn local family’s gratitude
To the editor:
This letter is to publicly thank the two gentlemen who saved my brother Domin Bernier from a burning car on Thanksgiving day.
It will be a long road to full recovery but because of you we are fortunate to [...]



Gratitude Story #25: Operation Gratitude

Dec 15th, 2007 | By Suzanne | Category: Gratitude

From BlackAnthem.com
ENCINO, CA - On December 1, 2007, Operation Gratitude presented the first annual NATIONAL FREEDOM AWARD as a tribute to American troops around the world who have freely sacrificed their own comfort and safety in order to serve our nation. The organization has chosen a true hero, retired United States Army Lieutenant General Hal [...]



Gratitude Story #23: Wonderful Friends and Family

Dec 14th, 2007 | By Suzanne | Category: Gratitude

From the Wausau Daily Herald website.
Elvira Saeger, 79, of the town of Maine had back surgery in January. Her son and daughter-in-law from Minnesota helped her for a few days, but then needed to go back to their homes.

That’s when Saeger’s friends and neighbors took over.

“They watched over my house, picked up the mail, watered [...]



Gratitude Story #22: Shop With a Cop

Dec 13th, 2007 | By Suzanne | Category: Gratitude

By OWEN McNEILL, Staff Writer
The Ledger Independent
Maysville, Kentucky
This time of year, so many get caught up in the stress of the season and forget to reflect on how fortunate they really are.
We stress over who we need to buy what for and where we need to be to make everyone in the family happy. We [...]



Gratitude Story #21: Thank You Power Crews!

Dec 12th, 2007 | By Suzanne | Category: Gratitude

Over 6,000 utility crew members from states as far away as Arizona and North Carolina came to our rescue as the city of Tulsa, in fact 45% of the state of Oklahoma, was crippled by the worst ice storm in the state’s recorded history.
I, personally, spoke to crews from North Carolina, Minnesota, Kentucky and Georgia, [...]



Gratitude Story #20: Giving Thanks Benefits All

Dec 11th, 2007 | By Suzanne | Category: Gratitude

BY ELIZABETH KALFSBEEK
December 20, 2007
Woodland, CA
Now that the Thanksgiving is past and Christmas is near, does that mean giving thanks is passé? Not if you want to improve relationships, health and obtain an overall sense of peace, according to Dr. Robert Emmons, UC Davis psychology professor and author of “Thanks! How the New Science of [...]