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Tri-Author Thanksgiving Paperback Giveaway

November 20, 2018 in Author TakeOver

 

Tri-Author Thanksgiving Paperback Giveaway

In honor of Thanksgiving and to give thanks to our readers, Autumn Macarthur, Marion Ueckermann, and Alexa Verde are happy to offer a new giveaway. Many thanks to Paula for hosting it!

One randomly chosen commenter to this post will receive featured paperbacks: Rapsodia by Alexa Verde https://amzn.to/2OS4CFP , The Wedding List by Autumn Macarthur https://amzn.to/2qY600a , and A Hero for Heather by Marion Ueckermann https://amzn.to/2DPA5HM , or the winner’s choice of our published books (one from each author). This giveaway is open to entrants in the U.S. only. If the winner is international, they will receive ebooks. The giveaway is open until 6 p.m. CST December 4th, 2018. The winner will have 72 hours to claim the prize.

What are you thankful for? And what’s going to be on your Thanksgiving table? We look forward to reading your comments!

Alexa Verde. First and foremost, I’m thankful for God’s love, mercy, and grace. The beginning of my morning prayer is “Lord, thank You for this wonderful new day and please help me live it according to Thy will. Amen.” But I’ll admit that as I go through my day, I forget to be grateful. To say thanks for the fact that I can breathe air filled with scents of grass and wildflowers, for warm sun rays, for a simple hello from a stranger, and yes, for a delicious slice of cheesecake! And I want to remember it always. I’m so thankful for many wonderful people Lord put in my path. And for you, our amazing readers and all support you’ve given us throughout the years.

As for food for Thanksgiving… I celebrated my first Thanksgiving when I was in early twenties, and boy, was I in for a surprise! I’ve never seen a turkey before, much less cooked one. That was one very large bird. The reaction of my heroine Mari in Color of Danger when she was about to cook the Thanksgiving meal was my reaction. “I have to put my hand where and to do what?” And then I had to cook eight pans of cornbread for stuffing! I did well. I think. I miss those times…

Autumn Macarthur. LOL, Alexa expressed it so perfectly, I feel like simply saying, “What Alexa said!” Apart from missing cooking eight pans of cornbread for stuffing. Oh my! That must have been a truly huge turkey!
I’ve never cooked or eaten a Thanksgiving meal, as I grew up in Australia then moved to England, and neither country celebrate the holiday. But thanksgiving with a little T, a habit of gratitude, that’s something I believe everyone needs no matter which part of the world they live in.

It’s so easy and so human to focus on what’s wrong in our lives. And yet giving thanks has an amazing power. If I stop for just a moment even on the worst day when it feels as if everything is a mess, take a breath, and thank God for all that is good, something tight and hard in my heart opens up to Him, like a flower lifting its head to the sunshine. And there really is always something good, from fresh water to drink to the tree outside my window and the amazing gift of life itself. When I give thanks for those simple things, He lifts me and carries me and helps me to deal better with what’s bad.

Marion Ueckermann. Unless you’re an American, which I’m not, Thanksgiving isn’t celebrated in South Africa where I live. But our Christmas meal is very much like a Thanksgiving meal, complete with turkey, stuffing, and loads of veggies and potatoes (roasted, thank you very much!) on the side. And of course, followed by some kind of delicious Christmas pudding or dessert. Cooking that Christmas Eve meal and celebrating with my family is one of my most favorite things to do each year. And I’m really looking forward to it this year as I’ll have both my sons home for Christmas.

On being thankful, I love Philippians 4v8. “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.” It’s as Autumn said, thanking God for what is good on a bad day does something deep down inside of you.

Last year, I did a Gratitude November meme for each day. This quote from Jean Baptiste Massieu (translated from French) is very apt in light of the above and the purpose of this post: Gratitude is the memory of the heart. So right now I’d like to pause and remember the things most dear to me that I’m grateful for each day—my amazing husband, my wonderful sons (and their wives), my gorgeous grandsons who give me hugs and kisses and giggles every day (how fortunate I am to having them living right next door), the rest of my fabulous family, my house, warm bed (and a ceiling fan that keeps me cool in summer), good food on the table each night (even when it’s baked beans on toast), being able to do what I love best each day and that is write, and each and every person who reads my books. Finally, and most importantly, I want to remember Jesus, the One who loves me more than anyone mentioned above does…and the One who gave more, just for me.

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  2. I love that morning prayer, Alexa!! And thank you so much for the giveaway, ladies! Happy Thanksgiving!!

  3. I am thankful for God’s boundless, extravagant, reckless love for me. I am thankful for my husband who supports me in every endeavor I try. I am thankful for my children and grandsons.

    On my table for Thanksgiving, will be my family favorites – Sausage Cornbread Dressing and English Pea Casserole.

  4. I am thankful for my family and our health. On the table will be smoked turkey (would be roasted turkey if I had my choice) cornbread dressing, sweet potatoe souffle, cranberry relish and homemade fudge.

  5. I am thankful that I get to wake up each day.
    I am grateful to my husband who helps me and loves me and to our Heavenly father,son and Holy Spirit.

  7. Most of all, I’m thankful for family, even though we don’t get to see them often. I’m also thankful for new meds that treat MS even though it’s very expensive, it slows the progress. And I’m thankful for electric since we had a ice storm move through last week. Some nearby is still out. It got down to 47 degrees in the house before it came back on. Amazing how many things that need electric.Thankful that hubby and I will soon celebrate our 45th Wedding Anniversary.

  8. Thanks, Paula, for hosting this wonderful giveaway! Would really love to win print copies! Am thankful during this Thanksgiving for the Lord, for family, (even though me and my husband be alone this year), and for an opportunity to celebrate Thanksgiving with our local community this time, who are hosting their annual meal. So, we’ll be able to see many acquaintances from our town who we have witnessed to about the Lord over the years. Thanks, again! Lual krautter12ATbresnanDOTnet

  9. I am thankful for my son’s safety as he works and that he returns home safely. He is a police officer. We are having a delicious traditional Thanksgiving dinner.

  10. What blessings you bring to all of our lives with Christian fiction books. I love them and pass them on to others who may see Jesus through your writing. I am always looking for new authors!

  11. Ladies,
    First of all, I am very thankful for the gift of salvation that Jesus provided on the cross. I am thankful for my family and those who will be around our table for Thanksgiving. I am very thankful that when I read one of your books, I don’t have to worry about there being something in there that will be inappropriate. Bless you all.

  12. I am thankful for having another day of life. To learn and experience new things. I am thankful for family and friends everyday of the year not just at thanksgiving. Thankful for authors and their wonderful books. Thanks for a chance to win…

  14. Those are truly great things to be thankful for! Thank you very much for commenting, and best wishes in the giveaway!

  15. I am thankful for each day that I wake up in my right mind with the use and activity of my limbs. I am thankful to God for peace and for every provision. I am thankful for my family and love ones that God has placed in my life. I especially am fond of the children that I get to teach praise and worship songs to from ages 3 to 8 in the Children’s Sanctuary at my church. This Thanksgiving I will have a hearty feast of turkey, a roast, candied yams, collard greens, macaroni and cheese, stuffing and to top it off with sweet potato pie. This meal will be joined with family and friends as we take time around the dinner table sharing and reflecting on what we are most thankful for.

  16. I am most thankful for my Savior who keeps us safe! Living in the middle of California with fires raging around, I would never take safety for granted. Praying for all those affected, who lost everything.
    Wishing you all a blessed thanksgiving!

  17. I am thankful that tomorrow is my birthday and we are going out to eat.
    So there will be nothing on my table and no clean-up either.

  18. Thank you Paula for all you do! And thank you ladies for this giveaway. It’s awesome.
    I’m thankful first for Jesus Christ who died for my sins, but rose in glory waiting to bring us home. And for a roof over my head, food in the pantry and clothes.
    I’m thankful for my husband, children, grandchildren and great grandson. And very thankful for all of you, my family of friends on these sites, who have given me joy and someone to share the good and bad in my life.

    We will be at one of our sons house for thanksgiving and he’s frying a turkey and cooking a ham. I’m not really sure what else we will have, but I do know one thing that is a given, oatmeal butterscotch cookies. My husbands favorite. He always makes them when he knows we’re coming. lol
    Happy Thanksgiving to all and have a wonderful and blessed day!
    Blessings
    Kathy

  19. I am thankful for my loved ones near and far. It is been a tough several years for my family. I am grateful for time and not wasting the moments with them.

    We decided to order a meal for this year. We want it to be stress free as possible. If will be my mom, sister, niece and myself this year.

  21. Thanks for the opportunity! I’m thankful for growing closer to the Lord this year, a new job for my husband, and our church for paying for a brand new AC/heating unit plus a new bathroom floor!! The Lord has been good and faithful, as always.

  22. I am thankful that all three of my boys and their families will be able to be with us for Thanksgiving. This is the first time that’s happened in quite a while, so I hope my middle son gets over his stomach flu QUICKLY, and can still make it!

  23. I’m thankful for my salvation, my family, and my little electric heater underneath my desk. We’ll probably have turkey sandwiches on Thursday. We had a big dinner with our church already.

    • Thank you so much for sharing, Lisa Stillman! And so true, those little electric heaters can be so useful. I don’t know if it’s just me, but it feels unually cold herel. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

    • Thanks for the reminder to be thankful for the small blessings, Lisa. They make such a difference! And it’s really so much harder to feel grateful and joyous with cold feet. Prayers for you and those you love.

  26. Happy and blessed Thanksgiving. Thank you for sharing. I’m thankful for my salvation and my family.

  27. I’m thankful that I still have my 94 year old Mom with me. She’s not only my Mom, she’s my best friend, other than Jesus. I’m thankful that though my Dad is not here, he’s with Jesus and I’ll see him again, someday.

    • Trudy, cherish every moment. I lost my mom and dad three years ago (33 days apart). I miss them terribly, but knowing they’re in heaven, happy, healthy, dancing, and rejoicing … well, it makes the loss so bearable. I can’t wait to see them again in heaven. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

  28. I’m thankful for my family, and a comfy home that keeps us warm in the cold months (it’s currently 12*F!), among many other things. I’m also thankful for you, Paula, Autumn, Alexa, and Marion, and this giveaway opportunity!

    Dinner tomorrow is a huge feast: roasted turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, yams baked with brown sugar, cinnamon, whole berry cranberry sauce, and pecans, dinner biscuits from scratch, roasted mixed vegetables with garlic and herbs, sparkling apple cider to drink, and apple and pumpkin pies for dessert! Planning to have lots of leftovers, for sure! lol We’re blessed beyond measure!

  29. I AM Thankful for Jesus For My Family and Our Health so Thankful For You Wonderful Authors! Happy Thanksgiving!

  30. I AM THANKFUL FOR JESUS MY FAMILY AND OUR HEALTH THANKFUL FOR MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL !

  31. I am thankful for my husband and the 32 years we have had together. I am thankful that my sisters (3) know the Lord and am praying for the rest of our family. God has been faithful and with us through all our trials and has blessed us a lot.

  33. Thankful for good health and to still be able to read fine print. You all are new authors for me.

  34. I am thankful for each of you authors! I get to forget about life when I have time to curl up with a book. I am thankful for God sending His son to save us from our sins. I am thankful for my hubby, my 2 boys and their families and my 4 grandchildren. Looking forward to seeing the family at Christmas when we get to spend a couple of weeks with them.

  36. I am thankful for all the God gives us, friends, family, a roof over our head and food on our table. For us Thanksgiving is turkey, stuffing, masked potatoes and veggies, this year it was brussel sprouts and asparagus, homemade cranberry sauce and pies for dessert, apple and pumpkin. I made a lasagna just in case we ran out of food!

  37. I am thankful for my husband, our 4 children, my family, friends and the book community! I am looking forward to a wonderful meal of turkey, sides and pies for dessert!

  38. I am most thankful for God’s mercy, grace, love, joy and the hope He gives us for each new day, and I am thankful for generous authors like you 🙂

  39. Having lost our son a little over 1 month ago I am especially thankfull to my Lord and Savior who has comforted me so during this time of loss. I am also grateful for friends and family who have surrounded us with prayer, hugs, kindness, meals, gifts of love and shared memories! Know one realizes how much this has helped us muddle through! We are blessed!

  40. I am thankful for salvation though Jesus Christ. We received not what we deserve but the blessing of knowing His blood covers all of our sins.

    We will share our table with our children and grandchildren. We will have the turkey but also rolls made with a recipe handed down for generations.

  41. I will be enjoying the traditional Turkey and stuffing. I am thankful for family although we won’t be all together to celebrate. My Brother in law has battled many health problems this year but we are thankful he is still with us and is recovering well. I am also thankful that my Mom is still with us after 6months on Hospice she has remained stable enough to be discharged.

  42. I’m thankful for three fun sons and wonderful parents. I’m not sure what I would do without them. I’m very blessed.

  43. We had all the traditional stuff, turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, deviled eggs. I definitely am thankful for the fact my Mom is still with us after 6months on Hospice. She has been so stable she has been discharged from their care. She has a wonderful team of caregivers who take care of her needs and are the main reason she is still here at home. The other part is my Dad’s loving care while we don’t have caregivers.

  44. I am very thankful for my family this holiday season. Today I took my Mom out to dinner so we didn’t have to cook, My daughter and her family live 3 hours away from us and its snowing so they won’t be able to come up to us or us down to them. Sure do miss them. Its wonderful to all of you to do this giveaway. Thank You for the chance to win and Happy Holidays to you and yours also

    • How nice you didn’t have to fuss, Chris! Hopefully you will have the chance to see your daughter and family over the Christmas holiday! Stay safe in the snow!

    • Thank you so much for sharing, Chris! So sorry your daughter with her family were unable to join you this Thanksgiving, but I hope you still gad a great Thanksgiving. Best wishes in the giveaway abd stay safe in the snow!

    • Wise to stay safe, Chris. And taking your mom out to dinner is a lovely idea. I hope you were able to enjoy the time together without the distractions of cooking and cleaning up afterward.
      And also praying you can see your daughter and her family soon.

  45. I’m thankful for my salvation, God who loves me unconditionally, my family who He’s blessed me with, a roof over my head and food on my table. We may not be rich in money, but we are where it counts. I’m also thankful for authors who write books I love to read and who bring me hope & reminders of the Lord’s work in my life through their stories. What a wonderful ministry it is! 🙂

    We have the all American traditional Thanksgiving dinner: Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, yams (not a fan), scalloped corn, green bean casserole, dinner rolls, cranberry sauce and homemade pumpkin pie (don’t forget the cool whip!). I look forward to it every year!

    Thank you for such a wonderful post and sharing what you are thankful for and all the yummy food you are having, also for the generous giveaway chance for PRINT books ( I adore those)!

    Hope you all had a blessed happy Thanksgiving!

  46. I am thankful for my relationship with Jesus Christ and for my family and friends. We had a ‘typical’ turkey dinner today.

  47. I am thankful for my family & friends. I’m especially thankful for the time I get to spend with my grandchildren. We had filled flank for Thanksgiving because my husband doesn’t like turkey.

  48. Thank you so much for sharing this with us! I echo your prayer Alexa!
    And yes, I think we need to be grateful for so many little things we take for granted… like the chance to live and love!

  49. Hey Epic Writers, 🙂

    I’m thankful for faith, my loved ones and toe socks! We had turkey and ham on our table, ham is my favorite. And lastly I’m thankful for my elliptical that way I can eat my fill and sweat it off later lol.

  51. It has been interesting indeed tp read the many things people have mentioned here that they are thankful for. I myself am thankful for may things including:

    My family
    My health
    America

  52. I’m thankful for my husband who has been there through the good and the bad. Without him I don’t think I could have made it through losing a child last year.

  53. I too live in South Africa, like Marion does, and have never celebrated Thanksgiving but have always wistfully watched Thanksgiving being celebrated on American movies or read about it in novels and always felt that I was missing out, wishing it was celebrated in this country too!
    In fact, I think one day a year set aside for Thanksgiving should be celebrated everywhere!
    Maybe one day I’ll be lucky enough to be invited to someone’s traditional Thanksgiving celebration and finally get to experience it.
    Or maybe one day I’ll just start my own Thanksgiving tradition!
    I am very grateful and thankful to the Lord for carrying me through the worst last 12 years of my life and for always providing, knowing with assurance that I am never alone and am always held by Him.

  54. I am thankful for all the years I had with my parents and the values they instilled in me. Also so grateful to God for creating me and for sending Jesus our redeemer.
    We had our turkey dinner yesterday as I had to work this evening. My daughter and I make the pies together and like to try new recipes. This year we decided to make Chocolate Chess Pie and it was a big hit!

  55. I am thankful that my family and friends are all healthy. I love the green bean casserole that is on the Thanksgiving table.

  56. I am so thankful I get to spend another holiday with my family. I am especially thankful that includes my parents who are 90 and 93. I am very grateful they are still in my life and my children’s lives.

  57. We ate with my mom who is in a nursing home. We had a traditional Thanksgiving dinner there. I have so many things be thankful for.

  58. I am thankful I figured our what was wrong with my ear after 5 months of the doctors’ saying nothing…

  59. I’m thankful for life, love, and Christian Romance. Seriously, I am addicted to these books. I’m also grateful for another Thanksgiving with my grandparent, whose health is declining rapidly. God has blessed me abundantly, and I have nothing to complain about… well, unless the authors go on strike!

    • Thank you so much for sharing, Adrianna! And Christian romance authors are very thankful for readers like you! I hope you’ll have many more Thanksgivings with your grandparent.

    • No danger of us going on strike, Adrianna! We all have far too many story ideas lined up waiting their turn, and too many characters nagging us to write their stories!
      Praying for your grandparent.

    • LOL, I was just about to write what Autumn said in her comment, so as you can see, you’re stuck with us writing stories, Adrianna. We’ve got story ideas lined up for years 🙂

      All the best in the giveaway.

  60. I am thankful for authors like you that give me something to do on cold winter nights (and hot summer days). This thanksgiving I am thankful for the Methodist and Lutheran pastors who are willing to take me where I need to go or bring me my mail or groceries. I don’t have a car so this is a wonderful. I am also thankful for the Methodist pastors wife who made me thanksgiving dinner. (It was terrific by the way!)

  61. I’m thankful for authors that can write such wonderful books and I’m thankful to the Potter House Series because I have found so many new authors I never knew about

  62. How fun to read the different stories of giving thanks and eating a lot.. even if it’s not during Thanksgiving. Like the authors, I’m not American (north American anyway) and yesterday was just another regular day in the office.
    Nevertheless, having lived in the US for a few years, I’ve had my first chance to host Thanksgiving dinner when some of my friends and I got stranded for the holidays (by too much snow and unforeseeable circumstances). It was fun and unexpected (my husband managed to run to the store and grab the second to last turkey on the shelve and the other girls managed to cook/bring whatever they usually had with their families that made the meal taste like home for them). We ended up with a full meal.
    Other years we just had dinner with our church family who “adopted” us during our time around. A lot easier I must say, but equally meaningful and fun.

  63. Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We are having a second Thanksgiving with our family on Sunday because my daughter spent the holiday with her husband’s family. Which brings me to what I am grateful for: my grandchildren! I am grateful that they are being taught by their parents to love God.

    • Thank you, Betty! I did have a great Thanksgiving. And your grandchildren sound wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing!

    • Lovely to get a double Thanksgiving, Betty. And so true – the biggest and best gift parents can give their children is to teach them to love and honor the Lord. I hope you and your family have a wonderful meal together on Sunday.

    • That is such a blessing, Betty 🙂 My little grandson lives next door and has breakfast with us every morning because my hubby drops him at preschool on the way to work. As he’s running out I tell him I love him, and he shouts back “I love you too,” and then quickly adds “Jesus loves you too.” It’s wonderful to see them growing up to know and love Jesus.

  64. I am thankful, above all, for my salvation! Thankful, also, for my husband and children/grandchildren and our many friends. Thanksgiving this year was just my husband and me, so we kept it small with a turkey and just our favorite sides. He requested homemade apple pie and pumpkin pie, so we have plenty of desserts right now!

  65. I am thankful for a very blessed day yesterday with all of our boys and their families. We have 3 grown sons and 7 grandsons and are about to gain 2 step grandkids. God is so good to us and we have been so blessed. Today, my husband and I have just rested as we have worked really hard preparing for our big meal for the last two days. I am thankful for the opportunity to serve the Lord alongside my husband here in S.C. He pastors a small church. I retired this year due to problems with my back and am enjoying being a more active role in the ministry with him. I’m thankful for authors like you that write good, clean Christian fiction. It is a ministry in itself. It is an encouragement to me as I’m not able to get out and do a lot anymore but I love to read. Thanks for all you do. God bless you and yours!

  66. I’m glad you had such a blessed day, Jamie! But I can imagine the preparation and clean-up after such a big family gathering would be exhausting.
    Praying for your health, and your ministry. God gives each of us a unique mission field. It’s an adventure discocering how He wants us to best serve him!

  67. I very thankful for my faith, family and friends. Also thankful for clean Christian authors and give-aways like this one.

  68. So thankful for time with my family. Thankful for a God that answers prayers. With that said, I am asking for prayer. My lupus doctor is trying to get me into Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville to see a Pulmonary Specialist who specializes in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension which is deadly. They are trying to buy me time. Please pray for this to come through soon. Thanks for all the prayers!

  69. We had a nice, quiet Thanksgiving. Am thankful for the Lord, for family, and how the Lord supplies for our needs. Thank you, also, for the wonderful opportunity to enter a giveaway! Would love to win print copies of the 3 paper backs!

  70. The words I love the most when it comes to giveaways are “US only”. I’m joking of course since I am not an american citizen.
    At least I found some new great books to read. Thanks for the recommendations!

    • You’ll be in the draw for ebook copies, Miriam! I hope that helps a little.
      I’m so sorry we need to limit the paperback copies to folks with a US mailing address. Unfortunately international postage can be costly if we post a book overseas ourselves, and Amazon is making the option of buying the book and getting them to post it more and more difficult, by limiting the countries they’ll post to. 🙁
      Though we’re grateful for many blessings, sadly earning big $$$ from our books isn’t yet one of them!

    • LOL, and they are words we hate saying, Miriam, but unfortunately, as Autumn said, it’s difficult/costly to post paperbacks internationally. But, it doesn’t mean international readers are out of the draw as we’ll still gift ebooks 🙂

  72. I’m thankful my husband and I are in a position to have two of our grandbabies live with us while their parents fix some things. My hubby and I were alone for Thanksgiving (willingly) so I made a 25 pound turkey and a 10 pound ham. We ate the meat with a loaf of french bread. That’s all. All day. No sides. Though for breakfast we did have grapes, sunflower seeds, and pepitas.

  73. Funny enough, I posted yesterday something on my FB account about being thankful. This is part of that post:

    If I had to take a moment to mention some of the things I’m thankful for, I’d start with God’s love, grace and mercy (only He knows how much, undeservedly, I’ve been needing and receiving them in my life throughout this year). I’d also give thanks for my family and all the support I’ve received (and keep receiving) from them. No, it’s not perfect, but it’s the family the Lord’s given me, and thus, I’m thankful to the Lord for continually teaching me how to love and appreciate them more with each passing day. To each of you, thanks. And last but not least, I’m thankful for my friends (the ones I’ve known for years and the ones I’ve met this year; the ones I haven’t seen in a while and the ones I get to see almost daily) to all of you, thank you for your friendship.

    And since I’m not from the US, I can’t properly talk about Thanksgiving food (though some pie is always nice, lol). Kidding aside, it was a regular Thursday with a pause to remember and be grateful. Thanks for the chance.

  74. I love anything Alexa Verde writes and am familiar with Autumn’s work but not sure about Marion. Thanks, gals, for giving us clean books! ❤️

  75. Hello! I have many things to be thankful for: My 84 year old Mom living nearby, my son and daughter-in-law living in the same city, my 2 cats, my home, my car, my good health, and a few close friends! Happy holiday season to you and your families!

  76. I’m thankful for this new day, for my daughter that brightens my day. I’m thankful for my family, friends and new friends I meet along the way. I’m also thankful to You, keep writing these wonderful, beautiful books. Thank you.

  78. I am thankful for my health and being with Mike for 31 years and counting. Also for my two cats, Ebony who is 17 and Peanut who is 6. I look forward to entering this giveaway

  80. I am thankful and eternally grateful for my amazing husband!

    I know that a lot of women love their husbands and are thankful for them. I must say though that I don’t think they have one near as thoughtful and loving as my sweet guy – but that’s just my opinion. 

    We have been married 35+ glorious years. In all that time, although it seems impossible, our love has only gotten stronger and bonded us together in ways that nothing could come between us. We have celebrated many high points and smiled and thanked God for them. However, we have also had many sad and tragic times from the normal interruptions in life like job changes to the earth shattering loss of our only child when she was only 17 in which we also thanked God for the time we had with her and for giving us each other to lean on during those hard times.

    During my health issues & surgeries and even the care of Mom during the years of Alzheimer and cancer, my husband has been my rock – always there for me. There is no chore or request that he hasn’t undertaken with a smile and willing heart always putting his needs last. He even took early retirement to help me in the full time care of Mom foregoing vacations and luxury times for several years.

    To say that I am thankful for this man seems to be a very severe understatement – but thankful I definitely am. Thankful that I can proudly say I love him with all my heart and give thanks for him each and every day that he’s in my life praying for many more years to do so! <3

    I’m also thankful that the move is over and the moving boxes are no more. We moved last year to our dream destination – the Ozark Mountains – building our dream home. We greatly downsized so deciding what to take and what to dispose of was a challenge. Now that we are in and completely settled, I can’t think of a thing that we got rid of that we miss. It was our first move in over 35 years, so to say it was stressful may be a vast understatement. Thank that just makes the thanks giving all the great that it’s done.

    Our Thanksgiving feast was not the norm. It’s just hubby and I so we didn’t do the traditional turkey fair. Just not into eating leftovers for a month. Instead since the weather was pretty we had a wood grilled steak with baked potato and my Green Bean & Shoepeg corn casserole along with the very traditional homemade pumpkin pie. The green bean casserole puts a spin on what folks think of most when you mention green bean at holidays. Just in case you may be interested, I’m including the recipe. Below.

    Thank you for the wonderful chance to win THREE fabulous book by some awesome authors! I would be beyond thrilled and consider my stocking filled if I were the fortunate one selected.

    Green Bean & Shoepeg Corn Casserole
    Serves 8
    Ingredients
    1 can French style green beans, drained
    1 can white shoepeg corn, drained
    1 can celery soup, undiluted
    1 ½ cups grated Mild Cheddar
    ½ cup sour cream
    ½ cup chopped onion
    1 can water chestnuts, finely chopped
    1 roll or tube of Ritz crackers
    1 stick of butter, melted
    Spray casserole dish with non-stick spray.
    Place drained green beans in casserole dish.
    Top with drained shoepeg corn.
    In bowl mix celery soup, cheddar cheese, sour cream, onions and water chestnuts until combined. Spoon on top of veggies in casserole dish.
    Crumble crackers in bowl and drizzle with melted butter. Stir to coat crackers. Sprinkle over top of cheese mixture in casserole dish.
    Bake in a 350 degree oven uncovered for 40 minutes.
    NOTES: This goes great for a potluck dish. It’s great hot, warm, or room temperature. It never seems to make it to the refrigerator as leftovers but I’m sure it would reheat nicely too.

    • I do hope your wonderful husband reads this, Kay. What an amazing blessing he sounds! The support of a loving partner makes such a difference when we weather tough times, as you have.
      And wowee on moving to the Ozarks! Praying your new home is all you hoped it would be, and more.
      Thanks for sharing the recipe, too. I imagine it’s always popular at potlucks!

  81. I am thankful for God, Peace, and Plenty. We had the traditional Thanksgiving dinner and lots of desserts. Thank you for the giveaway.

  83. I’m thankful I am no longer married to an extremely controlling and abusive husband. I’m thankful for the air that we breathe, the food we eat and for God. I am so thankful for my 2 girls. I am thankful that I got to spend 6 months with my dad while I was in the U.K. I visited him for the holidays last year and was due back in the U.S. in January but was told he only had 4 months to live, that he had cancer and it had spread so through the support of friends I was able to stay longer and have that quality time with him. Thanksgiving for me was quiet this year. Normally I do the cooking but my ex took our girls away for the holiday so there was just me. I am presently renting a room so I have no means to cook but the people whom I rent from were kind enough to give me a plate of food, turkey, potatoes, green beans, the whole works. What a wonderful giveaway. I’m also thankful for all you Author’s whom give me a reason to read all your wonderful stories, it helps me during times of stress, just takes me away from everything for a while.

    • Jane… thank you for sharing, I will be keeping you in my prayers… I have been through a divorce as well from an abusive husband…it has been 30 years, but the memories are always painful…God Bless you!

    • Reading is a wonderful escape, Jane. So sorry you’ve been through such a hard time, but glad that our stories have offered you some respite. How kind of your landlord. All the best in the giveaway.

  84. Im thankful for my family & on our thanksgiving table we had ham, rice dressing,mixed vegetables,&coke to drink our meal was in my brothers newly remodeled house & i would love to have a paperback

  85. I am thankful for good health. Even if I have some “old age pains” and am having cataract surgery, it could be worse and I still have some working parts to be thankful for. We always have turkey (thank you to my brother’s employer for always providing it), dressing (my sister-in-law makes the world’s best), gravy from the drippings, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, rolls, broccoli-corn-stuffing casserole, succotash, canned cranberry jelly, and pumpkin cheesecake

  87. I’m thankful for surviving rolling my car on November 15 (black ice. ALWAYS WEAR YOUR SEATBELT-airbag did not deploy) and that my brother is giving me his 2006 Toyota Sienna to replace my 2002 Buick Century.

    • Oh my, Barbara! I am thankful, too! So glad you are safe. And what a great brother you have.

      So important to wear seatbelts. I’m so grateful you shared this. It could save the life of someone reading it!

    • Oh, no, Barbara! That must’ve been horrible! So glad you’re okay. And your brother is truly great.

  88. The giveaway is now closed! We’re very thankful to everyone who commented and loved reading your comments. The winner will be announced soon.

  89. Our apologies for the delay, but we were waiting on the reply from the winner after the email and then the follow up email to the winner were sent. We did a new draw right now. Lisa Stillman, you’re the winner! We’ll contact you shortly with the request of your mailing address.