SurfWriter Girls Thanksgiving Greetings!

Happy Thanksgiving from SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel

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Wishing you and your family and friends a time of togetherness and joy. Some of the things we have to be thankful for are:

Turkey with all the trimmings

Good smells filling the house

Sweet potatoes with marshmallows

Cranberry sauce

Green bean casseroles

Pumpkin pie, apple pie and any pie 

Egg nog and spiced apple cider

Java Jaws Surfer’s coffee

Leftovers

I am VERY Thankful to be ALIVE everyday! enjoying my ohana, sunshine, surf and a PRIMO beer is just a HUGE PLUS!

- Devin Keoni Ryan

I am grateful that our Founding Fathers helped us to be free enough to continue this family tradition and didn't create committees to eat the turkey.

- Diana Gallagher

I am thankful for my family, good health, and wonderful job teaching at Cypress College. On the lighter side, I am thankful for bacon, chocolate, sea salt and red wine (all at the same time is even better).

-Lisa Clark

Family and friends

BFFs

Hugs and laughter

I'm very thankful for dear friends who go the extra mile.  Spreading "sunshine" is a treasured gift.  Thank you!

-Helena DeCoro

At a time when many families are experiencing great challenges, I am thankful for the bounty in my life with regard to basic needs we sometimes take for granted.  I appreciate that I have a warm place to sleep, food in my stomach, good health, and a wonderful network of friends and family that I love and who love me.

-Jade Martner

I am very blessed and thank God every day for my many blessings, including just being born in this country and my wonderful family and friends.

-Doris Hart

I am thankful that my home was spared in the Reno NV Caughlin Fire this week.  Prayers and wishes of support go out to the 35 families whose homes were destroyed or damaged.  I am also thankful that my wonderful 96 year old father is so healthy and active.  He is a true blessing to our whole family.

-Mary Gibson

The Reno Fire from Mary's House

I'm thankful, in this economic disaster, to have a good full-time job that pays enough for me to live comfortably and pay all my cat's vet bills. I'm also thankful for a sweet, old kitty to keep me company, a great boss, and wonderful friends who care about our wildlife and environment, like you!  Happy Thanksgiving!

 -Dana Michaels

I would like to give thanks to my family for always supporting me since the day I was born and also, to my boyfriend, David Moon, for making me feel like a princess every single day! :)

-Kathleen Peng

Hope everyone have a great holiday, and enjoy turkey's day with yours family and relatives, happy holidays......best wishes to all.

-Phuc Tran

Football games all day long on TV

Children playing

 

I would like to thank my children Chris and Katara for keeping me on my toes, and God for giving me the many gifts of my life: Family, children, and a wonderful circle of people who I have  had the pleasure and honor of learning from.

 -Rhonda Slade

I'm thankful for my happy, healthy family and my two sweet little grandsons, Sean and Alexander.

-Lynn Cristina

  

There is so much to be thankful for in 2011!!!  Instead of thinking globally I will think locally....my son married a wonderful woman in August and my daughter had a third healthy baby this year also.  Tony and I have been happily married for 30 years and we stay dry when it rains and never miss a meal!  Happy Thanksgiving!

-Barbara Melum

Barbara's Grandchildren

Brightly colored autumn leaves

Being able to be myself

The measure of a man is not the amount of zeros in his bank account or what kind of

car he drives, nor is it the size and location of his house. The measure of a man is not

defined by his occupation or his status in society nor can he be counted by his conquest.

The true measure of a man is defined in his relationships with others. I count my blessings

this Thanksgiving to find I am the richest man in the world.

May God bless you and keep you this holiday season.

-Pastor Dave Williams

I am grateful everyday to have the freedom and good health to choose what I would like to do.  My goal is that the choices I make reflect my appreciation for these blessings.

-Barbara Ramsey

I am thankful for great times I had with my best friend my dad before he passed away a year ago.

I am thankful for my mom being cancer free for about 15 years.

I am thankful for all the teachers at Cypress College that go out of their way to help students.

I am thankful for my dad's 15 years of service to the Seal Beach Police Volunteer program.

I am thankful for the journey throughout my life,  who I have met, what I have accomplished and being able to see all the beautiful things that surround me.

I am thankful for valuable resources like water and electricity so I can drink water and turn the lights on and off, a roof over my head, lawn that I can mow, windows that I can clean and driveway so I can have garage sales because it means I have a home.

-Vanessa Sundusky

Meaningful work to do

Getting our beaches clean

I am thankful that there are so many people that put forth so much of their time and effort to try and improve our planet.

 -Don MacLean

Surfing when the wave is all yours

I'm extremely thankful for my health and being able to continually do something I love so much- SURF!!!

-Jeff Deffenbaugh

Surfrider Foundation Huntington Beach/Seal Beach Chapter Ambassador

Jeff Deffenbaugh with Brett Simpson

We’re thankful for our family and friends, for Patti’s husband Greg, who is the love of her life, Sunny’s mom, who always beats everyone at cards, for being writing partners and BFFs., everyone at Cypress College, for Smokey, the world’s most adventurous cat…the Surfrider Foundation and our SurfWriter Girls followers.

May all the joys of Thanksgiving stay with you throughout the year.

Love,

Sunny and Patti