5K Thankfulness

Once again, I am celebrating a milestone. There are 5000 total reads on all my stories. This is a fantastic milestone because I never dreamed anyone would read my stories. This will be a thankful piece because I could never have accomplished this without you, my readers.

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People I've met through Vocal who deserve my thanks and why.

• I would like to thank Dharrsheena for reading all 525 of my stories.
• I would like to thank Grz Colm for always leaving positive comments.
• I would like to thank Mike Singleton-Mikeydred for always reading and showing support.
• I would like to thank Rene Peters for always supporting me and loving my stories. Your friendship means the world to me.
• Thanks to Real Poetic for being one of my first friends on Vocal and always challenging me
• Thank you to Rick Henry Christopher for your friendship and being you
• Thank you to River Joy for your friendship and your kindness
• Thank you to Oneg in the Artic for your friendship and your kindness
• Thank you to Jim Delaney for your friendship
• Thank you to D.D. Lee for your friendship.
• Thank you, Hannah Moore, for your friendship and always caring.
• Thank you, Dana Crandall, for always commenting and being a friend
• Thank you, Gerald Holmes, for always reading and commenting.
• Thank you, Denise E. Lindquist for teaching me new forms of poetry.
• Thank you, Mark Gagnon, for always reading and commenting.
• Thanks to Mariann Carroll for being a loyal subscriber and reading my writings.
• Thanks to Novel Allen for reading my works and always commenting.
• Kendall Defoe for always reading my stories and leaving the coolest comments.

And so many more could be named here.

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Things I’d like to thank Vocal for:

• Challenges
• Top Stories
• Leaderboard Awards
• This platform
• The resource section

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Things I’m thankful for in life:

• My family
• My family’s health
• My daughters are both still alive.
• Thirty years with my husband.
• My dogs, cats, and chickens, especially the chickens
• My health
• My friends
• Food, especially good food
• Dr. Peppers
• Water
• my houseplants

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If

You look

Around you

You will see that

You have plenty to

Be thankful for if you

Just take the time to see every

Thing for what it truly is. Then

You can be truly blessed by all these

Blessings surrounding. Thankfulness. Blessed.

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Some stories and poems to get you in a Thankful / Blessed mood

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I'm Blessed by HandsomelouiiThePoet (Lonzo ward)

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Blessings by Mike Singleton - Mikeydred

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A Blessing in the Season of Winter by Jordan Zuniga

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The above is the original image I edited to create the desired image I wanted.

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