Thanksgiving Blessings

In a Woman's Way

Life, dear Lord, makes so many demands

On a woman's heart, of a woman's hands--

I've a house to keep; I have children, a man;

I have to hurry, I have to plan--

Oh, I seldom have time for slipping away

From my duties in some quiet corner to pray,

But like meadow larks that soaring sing,

I must talk to you, Lord, as it were, on the wing.

Do acknowledgments hold less of gratitude

If sent in the midst of preparing food?

Of sweeping a floor; of sewing a button;

Of bathing a baby; ordering mutton?

Are petitions less fervent, if one only asks

As one works, for strength for finishing tasks?

Although I can't kneel, when the bell in the steeple

Is pealing a summons to all devout people,

Please, Lord, remember in her humble way,

 A woman is keeping Thanksgiving today.

~Kitchen Sonnets by Ethel Romig Fuller

Dear Friends,

May your Thanksgiving be blessed!

Each day a day to give with Gratitude and Love!