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A Season of Thanksgiving with Texas Artist Laurie Pace




  ©Laurie Pace       Graphics One Design 2020

 A Season of Thanks | Life After Sixty
 by  Texas Artist Laurie Pace 

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“Eucharisteo—thanksgiving—always precedes the miracle.” ― Ann  Voskamp

Terry and I were sitting here tonight talking about Thanksgiving memories together.  We both grew up in common households about a mile from each other... Family gatherings were the main stay, along with great food, laughter and love.  My mom went the over the limit with thick linen table cloths, fresh flowers, a huge menu of German delights and pies of every flavor. Between my two brothers and Terry and me, our children and later grandchildren, the numbers grew each year! 

Do you have great memories of Thanksgiving? What did your family do or how did you celebrate it? 

This year will be different... our family is not gathering. We are all staying home. Terry and I stayed pretty well quarantined for the last 10 days and we will go to our daughter's home, where they have all quarantined as well.  The food has been kept easy for them. I am debating what I may prepare on Wednesday to take with us over there. 

Meanwhile we will miss seeing our boys and their families and our grandsons. (The boys all have boys... grandsons....our daughter has our granddaughters!  We are all struggling with emotions, a bit of sadness and light depression. It doesn't seem 'normal' does it? 

We are walking in a valley right now. The nation is torn in half, covid is ravaging the entire world, and the shadow of death lingers here and there. Yet in the midst of this darkness we need to remember the abundance of good things in our lives. God walks before us and with us through this dark valley. He will not leave us or forsake us. We should not fear. Lean into Him. He is surrounding you with beauty and light. We can make this journey.
“"For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer." 1 Timothy 4:4-5


Laurie Pace - A Texas Artist 





Laurie Pace is an international artist with her paintings collected in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany, DuBai, Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, St Thomas, Romania, Greece, Croatia,  and Ecuador.

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