Category Archives: Family

Lessons in Gratitude Day 991

Posted on December 8, 2014 by mtchamblee

I wish every one had a family whom they love and who loves them. I wish everyone loved their children, cared for them and were proud of them. I think the world would be a much different place if this … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 987

Posted on December 4, 2014 by mtchamblee

Posted on December 2, 2014by M. T. Chamblee NOTE: To Readers of “Consider This” please know that this post is connected to my other blog “Lessons in Gratitude” an almost daily blog on the theme of gratitude, as the title suggests. I have … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 984–Yep, It’s Family Again

Posted on November 28, 2014 by mtchamblee

Sometimes I stand still in the midst of a moment and take it in, savor it, experience it as fully as I can. Mostly these are very simple moments–like standing in my sister’s kitchen this evening as the family is … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 975–It’s All in the Family

Posted on November 17, 2014 by mtchamblee

I know I’ve said this many times before in this blog and elsewhere, but I love my family. For so many reasons and in so many ways they show up as the most loving, supportive, funny, poignant, argumentative, tight-knit, boisterous … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 973

Posted on November 14, 2014 by mtchamblee

And so we come to the end of another week. It has felt at times to have been very long and very exhausting. Several evenings  have seen me nodding off at the keyboard too tired to form a coherent sentence, … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 968

Posted on November 8, 2014 by mtchamblee

I have started this blog a few times. I have a lot I want to say but discover that because I am feeling under the weather I haven’t been able to stay awake long enough to write a fully coherent … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 965

Posted on November 5, 2014 by mtchamblee

Tonight’s lesson in gratitude is a guest post from my youngest kid, Michal “MJ” Jones. Enjoy. It has been a long, trying few months. We can seldom predict what lies ahead, regardless of our efforts to plan out what we … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 962–It’s a Family Affair

Posted on November 2, 2014 by mtchamblee

Outside the wind is howling for the third straight night. There is something in the way my house sits in proximity to one next door and another behind me that creates this wind tunnel effect that generates the howl. Today … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 961–Multitude of Counselors

Posted on November 1, 2014 by mtchamblee

“Where there is no counsel, the people fall; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.” Proverbs 11:14 I am fortunate that I am surrounded by people who provide advice and support whenever I need it. Family members, friends, … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 956

Posted on October 27, 2014 by mtchamblee

Tonight I thought I would spin the wheel and let the Random Number Generator pick tonight’s blog. Then I thought perhaps I’d post one of my blogs about forgiveness (there are several good ones–I’ve had a lot of practice and … Continue reading →

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