Wednesday, November 24, 2010

1000 Things I'm Thankful For

35. Wrapping gifts for underprivileged kids in our city
36. Accidentally sleeping through my alarm this morning but getting an extra 40 minutes of sleep...
37. And I wasn't even late for school! ;-)
38. Val and Kat won Battle of the Blades!!!
39. And with that $50,000 goes to Val's (and one of my) favourite charity, Compassion Canada!!!
40. The Leafs have won 3 out of their last 4!!!
41. My cousin's school concert's "admission" is a gift for the toy drive.
42. Girls night with mommy tonight.
43. Christmas decorations!!! :)
44. My dad and lil bro are going to an NBA basketball game tonight... without me! But that's okay, hopefully they win and they have a good time...
45. Kiddy movies on a boing Saturday morning. :P
46. Helping one of my old homeroom teachers in her classroom.
47. Me, the oldest at my school, helping out with the kindergarten kids, the youngest at my school...
48. And the cute little mistakes they make, such as shoes on the opposite feet!
49. Warm clothes.
50. A fresh, blank sheet of paper for a doodle.
51. Cute, mini, little children.
52. My classmates.
53. Good grades on my report card.
54. Pictures...
55. ...So you can look back at memories you might've lost otherwise
56. Annu's parents found a better job, and they are doing better.
57. My new Compassion sister, Florianlyn.
58. My mom's blog that she just found out has been listed as a Compassion blog... :)
59. Picnik on facebook which allows me to edit photos...
60. Movies
61. sock-slippers...

”holy

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Bittersweet...

Today, my family and I received news that our Compassion child, Annu, has moved away from her village and will no longer continue in the Compassion program... This is bittersweet news for me. Obviously, the "bitter" part is that we will no longer sponsor Annu. The "sweet" part is that the reason she moved is that her parent(s) have found a better job, and are moving to a better area. I'm praying that they settle well there and that they will continue to do well! Compassion Canada tells us that Annu has been doing very well, and all was good when they moved.
So now, I have another Compassion sister, this time from the Philippines named Florianlyn. I'm excited to start writing to her!!!

If you'd like to sponsor a Compassion child, visit www.compassion.ca

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

1000 Things I'm Thankful For

22. The clarinet
23. Making music with my friends over the lunch hour
24. A small gift of hope this for many children through Operation Christmas Child (it's not too late to pack one, you have until the end of the week!)
25. More gifts of hope this Christmas for less-fortunate kids in my community
26. Being able to follow the Leafs game through radio, live chat and facebook
27. Hope for the Leafs... even if their opponent scores 3 goals in three minutes
28. Singing with the school choir in the mornings
29. P.A. day this Friday
30. Everyone's starting to get into the Christmas spirit
31. A free, fun, amazing country to call home... Canada
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32. Watching a movie with my brother
33. Brightening-up studying for my least-favourite subject with music
34. Being able to help my classmates with homework


”holy

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

1000 Things I'm Thankful For

No, I'm not making a huge list of 1000 things right here in one post... because that's a lot of things in one post... but I'm joining something called the "Gratitude Community" where Ann Voskamp (www.aholyexperience.com) invites any blogger to create a list of 1000 they're thankful for. One a day, 5 a day, a random number a week... whatever! So here I go...


1 Jesus
2 Hope when all seems lost
3 Ice cream
4 350 Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes from my school











5 The piano
6 My Compassion sister, Annu.
7 Hearing from Annu
8 Laughing for
no reason
7 Mystery books
9 Staying up late on Fridays
10 Then sleeping in on Saturday
11 Music












12 Random acts of kindness
13 Hot chocolate
14 My mom
15 My dad
16 My little brother










15 The guitar
16 Hope for tomorrow
17 Hockey
18 The internet
19 Basketball
21 A not-too-cold day in the middle of November

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