Just as the birds are Searching for the best Moss and leaves To line their nests We, too, should start With our spring cleaning Gathering and keeping What, to us, has meaning A helpful hand An encouraging word A promise kept A prayer heard A thankful heart That counts its blessings Every time a songbird… Read More Spring Cleaning
To choose to live To the beat of a thankful heart Is something to strive for But where do we start? We start with being grateful In all that we do We remember our journey Places and faces we knew We reflect on where we’ve been We rest on where we are We rejoice in… Read More To the Beat of a Thankful Heart
Does the Honey bee know: The strength of its wings, The pain it can inflict With just one sting, All the important things That its humble work brings? *** I’m really not sure What the Honey bee knows But I know what he does Though I don’t know what he knows So, for this, I… Read More Honey Bee
Steaming hot coffee Drip, drip, drip A cute mug to my Lip, lip, lip A dash of cocoa Sip, sip, sip Prepares me for This frosty day
With open arms We welcome today In hopes, we will Always stay Forever grateful Forever content Forever thankful Forever present Authentically aware Humbled and blessed At the dawn of Each new day
In fields unkempt And overgrown A farmer applies The skills he’s honed For generations It’s in his blood Patience cultivated Come drought or flood He tills the fields And plants the seeds Until there are No more mouths to feed Until there is No more hunger
Happy Valentine’s Day! Remember to always recognize and appreciate the love in your life EVERY day of the year! I’m so very thankful for mine!
The birds search for seed At dizzying rates But we, we all Leave food on our plates The squirrels bury And ration their food But we, we all Eat without gratitude Some people worry About when next, they’ll eat But we, we all From our diets do cheat Forgetting it’s a privilege To have… Read More Hunger is Real
Today’s the day To say goodbye But shed no tears There’s no need to cry ~ Today’s the day To say hello Welcoming change While letting go ~ Today’s the day To see it all The end of summer And the beginning of fall ~+ Today’s the day To simply be Thankful for all… Read More Today’s the Day
Plenty have What plenty want In this world of haves And have nots ~ Most of us don’t know What it’s like to want and need To have no way to fix A hunger you cannot feed ~ In a society of excess Where much is thrown away Think of the less fortunate And be… Read More Plenty
Jessica M. Collette 
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