Thanksgiving smiles and a Miracle

My blog friend, Linda, from Behind My Red Door, has been posting things she is thankful for during this November month of Thanksgiving.

She encouraged us to do the same.

In a way, my Sunday smiles are really just lists of things I am thankful for....
...but in the spirit of thanksgiving I am going to call my smiles

Thanksgiving smiles this month.

Thanks for the idea Linda. Linda is a Grammee L. like me.

She has an amazing prim home and she is a lovely person.

Be sure to hop over to her blog and see the things she is thankful for.

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I am so thankful for the trip we were able to make to

Arizona a couple of weeks ago.

Let me tell you of the things I am thankful for

and about our miracle.

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Our trip was full of diverse experiences.

We had delightful visits with young family....

...and with my "not so young" family.
My 88 year old aunt Susy gave me a book of remembrance
while I was there that will help me learn more about my family
and do genealogy work
I am thankful for that.
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On our trip we visited little houses in the desert Arizona lands....

...And big houses in the mountainous forests.



We saw all sorts of vegetation we are not used to...

...From small cacti

...to large ones.
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We drove through beautiful rocky hills...

... and though not so pretty flat lands...

...through deserts...

... and forests...

I thought as we were driving how thankful I am for the
beautiful and diverse world that God has created for us.
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However, we had an experience on this trip that was life changing.
This is what I am most thankful for....
and what I want to share with you today.
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After we left my Aunt Suzy we were driving on the freeway.
We were in the fast left lane going about 75 miles per hour or a little faster.
There were cars and trucks in the other lanes beside us but we were
by ourselves driving along in the fast lane.

All at once, John saw that we were coming up on the car in front of us too fast.

Then to his total surprise he realized the car was headed straight
towards us...going against the flow of traffic in our direction.

The on coming car did not slow down

or pull over onto the center shoulder of the freeway.

Within the blink of an eye, John swerved our car

and we missed a head on collision and certain death by a split second.

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In hearing us tell this story, some have said that we were lucky that we

did not crash into another car or truck when John changed lanes so quickly.

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Some have said we are lucky that John didn't over- correct when he turned the steering wheel so quickly to get out of the way, causing our car to roll over and then be hit by other cars which would have also probably caused a fatal accident.

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I am here to testify that luck had nothing to do with it.

John and I both know that it was God who protected us that day.

John is a good driver...but not that good!

We believe that angels guided John's hands

in turning our steering wheel

and kept the other cars from hitting us.

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I know that God lives.

He knows and loves each of us, his children.

I know we are alive today because of this miracle in our behalf.

We were not lucky...we were blessed.

I bear this testimony to you with a thankful heart.

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I hope you have a week full of blessings.