Thankful Journal 2020 - continued

 

Day 21 - I just noticed that yesterday I posted as Day 30, made a quick correction and we are back on track. Last night I was working hard to finish the list of books used for the major current family history project. Today was for relaxing and celebrating. Some very generous people helped me along this road of discovery. Here are the results.

156 Books viewed for a list of surnames - Tidd, Teed, Death, De Ath, Dodman, Mazry, Mazzy, Appleyard, etc., mostly in Virginia and some in New England. One friend has 112 Virginia books and 15 New England books, and 38 had important information. There were 29 books reviewed by a volunteer at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon and 11 had key information. This took a couple of months to accomplish. I am so grateful for everyone who assisted with this project. Now I am patiently waiting for the box of six books from GFO which should arrive on Monday. Miracles happen daily in our lives and I give thanks for those blessings in my life. Look for the miracles happening in your life.

Getting Out for Some Fun

 Had a nice day after having a hard night sleeping. Morning nap gave me an extra boost. After a phone appointment about my health issues I went to pick up a friend and we ran some errands. Dropped off the book that was due at the library. Took a drive up to St. Helens to see Halloween Town by the Court House. Not very many people or much traffic. Then we went to DariDelish for a soft chocolate ice cream cone, and a burger basket. The food was wonderful. We ate our cones while we waited. On the way home we stopped at Walmart and each of us got an electric shopping cart. That rarely happens to me anymore. We filled our baskets and headed for home. With social distancing, wearing masks and very few people we just took our time. I must say that DariDelish was a very busy place with people driving up to get their orders and paying in cash. Glad to support our local venders! Even the weather was perfect for our outing.

Journal of Gratitude 2020

 

Thankful Journal 2020

Susan Olsen LeBlanc

Day 1 I am very grateful to have good medical providers. During the past two years I have worked with fourteen medical providers and have had more testing done than the average person. For the most part I have had wonderful care. Even with all the challenges they face every day they are very kind and compassionate.

 

Day 2 My family is so important to me. We all lead very different lives and we seem to see less of each other. I am so grateful to have the modern conveniences that allow us to talk by phone or Internet. We enjoy watching our children and grandchildren experience life. They are very good to us and have blessed our lives in so many ways.

 

Journal of Gratitude

 Day 21 - I just noticed that yesterday I posted as Day 30, made a quick correction and we are back on track. Last night I was working hard to finish the list of books used for the major current family history project. Today was for relaxing and celebrating. Some very generous people helped me along this road of discovery. Here are the results.

156 Books viewed for a list of surnames - Tidd, Teed, Death, De Ath, Dodman, Mazry, Mazzy, Appleyard, etc., mostly in Virginia and some in New England. One friend has 112 Virginia books and 15 New England books, and 38 had important information. There were 29 books reviewed by a volunteer at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon and 11 had key information. This took a couple of months to accomplish. I am so grateful for everyone who assisted with this project. Now I am patiently waiting for the box of six books which should arrive on Monday.

Miracles happen daily in our lives and I give thanks for those blessings in my life. Look for the miracles happening in your life.

I have been posting on facebook and will post other days later here. 

Military Service of Our Ancestors

 Veterans Day is this coming Wednesday. There are several people from our family who served in the military. My father served in the National Guard and many times during the year he would go off to do basic training. He had two heavy wood foot lockers that he would take with him. I am not even sure who has those today. At this time I am looking for more information on three of the brothers of his third great grandfather who served in the Revolutionary War. Two other brothers died in the war. This is a more complete history than what was compiled before. Each of the six brothers, and the one who was too young to serve, deserve to be honored for their service. I am grateful to be able to trace our ancestors and know what living in this country meant to them.

Special Interest Groups Online at GFO

 What a full day. I did two genealogy meetings, one with a Virginia Special Interest Group and the other with a German Special Interest Group. SIGs have been happening for a long time at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon. Since spring they do meetings through ZOOM. They average anywhere from about ten to about thirty participants. I am very thankful to be able to spend time with other genealogists. The best part is they are free. One does need to request access, show up a few minutes early and let the show begin. Some have organized presentations and discussions and others are open dialogue chats. They happen at various times. The past few months I have participated with about ten groups. It can be hard to chose when there are more than one at the same time. So, check them out. For those at GFO google them for their web page and then look at the calendar. Free is a very good deal!