HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

To all my American friends and acquaintances, and to all American's everywhere, from an Aussie friend...

HAPPY

THANKSGIVING!!!





This Thanksgiving, I am thankful for a great many things, however, the following are the people and things that I am the most thankful for:

My family. (Mum, Dad, Annette and Pauline, most especially of all, with all my eternal gratitude).

My older sister's (Annette's miracle) baby on the way.

Good friends.

Food on the table.

Money (occasionally) in the bank.

Life, love, freedom, liberty, democracy and God.

And... most importantly, I am sincerely grateful to and deeply thankful for all the amazing, brave and courageous young men and women serving in the US and Coalition armed forces (including the Australian forces) over in Iraq and Afghanistan right now, as well as all those who have served to date, and who will serve there in the future.

In fact, I am deeply grateful to, and thankful for all US, Australian, and British armed forces personnel, wherever in the world they might be stationed.

Their service, their loyalty, and their sacrifices can never be underestimated, and words alone could never come close to expressing enough thanks.

May God always Bless them and walk beside them!

Below is a photo, taken in Iraq, from the 11th MEU web site (11th Marine Expeditionary Unit/Force, USA).



A special note of deep thanks also goes to the following people who have in some way touched my life and broadened my horizons:

Don Ecker and Dwight Schultz, of the Dark Matters radio show in Los Angeles, USA.

Dirk Benedict and his wonderfully inspirational books: "The Kamikaze Cowboy" and "And Then We Went Fishing".

The U.S. Conservative Talk Show hosts: Dr. Bill Bennett, Ms. Laura Ingraham, Mr. Dennis Prager, Mr. Michael Medved and Mr. Hugh Hewitt.

And... most of all... a very, very, special and deeply heartfelt thanks to:

David and Angelo, of the (US) 11th MEU, and their fellow Marines.

Thank you all and...

Semper Fi, my friends! :o)

With love and God Bless...

Christine. x/o.