I’m late on this, because I was too busy enjoying the things for which I’m thankful! Here’s a list of them:
- Food, shelter, and the fact that all my physical needs are met.
- A country where the rule of law is generally respected and where individual rights are usually protected.
- The beauty of creation, and the chance to live in a place where that beauty is so evident.
- The freedom to practice the faith I believe to be true, and the fact that faith makes a home for wretched, messed-up people.
- A family who has loved me steadfastly through times both difficult and joyful.
- A wife who patiently endures my foibles and faults. Their name is Legion, hers is Grace.
- A houseful of children who bring love, joy, and immense amounts of laughter with them wherever they go.
- A generally stimulating job that allows me to strike a decent balance between work itself and the reasons we work.
- The men and women brave and self-sacrificing enough to put on a uniform and put themselves in harm’s way to protect the rest of us.
- A cadre of musicians I’ve now enjoyed playing with for over 5 years. Sharing that regularly has brought a lot of joy, fun and laughter into my life, and has made certainly me a better musician.
- I have several friendships I now tally in decades, as well as some fantastic newer ones, and feel richly blessed for these people whose lives I’ve been able to share so deeply and enjoyably.
- Giant burritos.
For these and many more things, I give heartfelt thanks!
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Hello Sean,
I’m not sure if we are related but McMains isn’t a common name. I was born in 1949 to Paul A McMains & Jean R. Ross (Colorado). My father’s family came from Oklahoma.
I decided to contact you because I love Jesus and I’m looking for family. Even if we are not related by blood we are by are faith. I look forward to hearing from you. I have three grown children, eleven grandchildren & four great-grandchildren with two more due in 2008. My family is blessed in music. (in voice, composers and masters of instruments.)
I hope to hear from you and really hope we are related :-)However, if we are not, I will see you in heaven…I pray God’s blessings upon your life on earth and His awesome.
Paula Lee McMains
Sean, I was looking around the web for someone, when I stumbled across your site! I am thankful for long lost college friends! I am thankful for a loving husband who doesn’t care if I have a bad day and don’t clean the house. I am thankful for our 4 kids (and that God provides the food and clothes to keep them!) I am thankful for a loving family, both the one I came from, and the one I married into, without which my sarcasm would not have fully developed. I am thankful for our church, our brothers and sisters in Christ, and our pastor, even if he went to Nyack. I am thankful that God has provided for us in so many ways, we can’t even count!