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Martha, I love your video stories. They are so uplifting and always look forward to the next video story. Thank you for you. Pat
Dear Martha,
What a powerful message. I also have my memories like yours with some "old" dishes from the past. How my mother used to make our Thanksgiving so special as immigrants living in America. She always was so proud to make her turkey dinner and how she loved to set the table with our dishes that were a tressure to her. It was a mix and match from things she had taken from the old country and added some new things.
My mother loved the Thanksgiving and the time around the holidays. She always said "we have to be thankful for what God has given us, food on the table" Food was so very important to her, because she had lived through WW2 in Europe and knew so well when they had no food to feed the big family she grew up in.
Thank you Martha for all your inspiring messages. I hope your Thanksgiving was a blessed one with the people you love.
Gerrie
I think you could teach Martha Stewart far more than she could you. With all her negative comments about Rachel Ray and others as of late I think she needs to learn the importance of family and friends over perfection.
As one of your faithful followers, I once again was touched by your message in “Bowls Full of Love.” Although we should acknowledge our blessings each and every day, Thanksgiving provides us the opportunity to remember and to thank our Lord for all that He has provided. But I had to giggle when I heard the video intro: “This Thanksgiving we’re setting our table with memories.” Some of us heftier folks might want to take that advice literally! Thank you, Martha, for the special blessing you have been to my life.
Dear Martha,
Thanks for another inspirational story today. i trusted every words you have said about "A bowl full of love"... i hope and wish we can remember your words each day in our daily lives, so that when we feel discouraged about life, we can count our blessings and our daily bread that we have been blessed for. also the love and care from people around us too.
Much love
and Happy Happy Thanksgiving to all!
she alway know when we need to hear things too thank you martha williamson
i am very thankful to have a family too. this year is very special because i have a cousin that has cancer and this is her last year with us. the doctor give her until feb to live
It is 4;30am thanksgiving morning and i sit here with tears in my eyes as i listened and read some of the comments.not for not having thanksgiven as a child orpanages,street that you lived on or homes that did not want you.I sit here so thankful for the husband i laid beside last night and said thank you for all your love.thank you for all of this crazy family.thank god for our 7 children,17 grandchildren,and 13 great grandchildren.thank you god for my daughter that just lost her husband june 8 that we can be with there for her.for the lady that wrote in that the day before thanksgiven 6 years ago she lost her husband.my daughter is not alone with pain and glory.thank you god for the 19 year old granddaugher that is going to have a baby no matter what the circumstance we will and do love them all.
most of all for god giving his son so i can have the family i always wanted to give my love to because god put so much love in my heart.boy are the tears flowing as i write this .Tears of joy
I know I have said this time and time again,but I will say it again,God alway seem to know just what we need when we need it and seem to be using you to get it through to us so keep allowing HIS WILL TO BE DONE IN YOUR LIFE!!! Thanks and keep up the the good work and may continue to bless you and your family. H A P P Y T H A N K S G I V I N G !
Hi Martha,
I love your bits of wisdom. It seems the older we get, the less important it is to be perfect and the more important it is to remember the moments that have made our lives special. God put each of us on this Earth with a purpose and sometimes we forget to give thanks for all we have and all that is yet to come. This year I too home to remember the simple moments, moments that took my breath away, and thank God for each of them.
I listened and just laughed at myself too...I did the same thing with the big, thick, Sears Roebuck catalogue decorating....and, when I was working I wanted everything I saw...even if it didn't match what I had...it was just pretty...I had in mind it would fit and fit in beautifully....Now, just being together and how we can love and help each other. We use what we have now and enjoy remembering who gave us this or where that came from...
Martha I lost my husband 6 years ago the day before Thanksgiving. This has always been a hard time for me. I try to carry on with my children as everythings ok. I know its been 6 years but I miss him so. I thank God every year that I have with my Parents and my children I am now a grandmother and I want to try to carry on tradition just like my mom has. My husband hated everything being perfect he loved it when things were a mess he would always laugh and say thats another good one to add to our book. If things look to perfect you always new there was going to be a prank coming on. I miss those days.But we all have to go on. thank you for all your stories they help me out in times like this.
Thank You
Kathy
Martha..........Thanks again for another wonderful story about "family & tradition". I too always wanted to have that "perfect" table setting which I never had BUT then thought about how "COLD" our Thanksgiving would be without things to remind us of years gone by. I appreciate whatever I may have left to serve my family favorites on which brings back great memories and smells of what was served on those plates or platters. My Thanksgiving table will be decorated with love and surrounded by the people I love! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours from me and mine! Karen (a faithful reader of your column)
I LOVE LISTENING TO THE STORIES MY MY MARTHA WILLIAMSON IS SO GOOD WHEN SHE IS TELLING STORIES THERE IS SO MUCH LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING IN HER VOICE THIS IS REALLY A BAD TIME OF YEAR FOR ME BUT WHEN I LISTEN TO HER STORIES IT HELPS GET THROUGH THE DARK DAYS I THINK SHE A GIFT FROM GOD
THANK YOU
JUSTINA
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