Today we bow our heads to give thanks

Thanks to our Creator whose wisdom and strength is infinite.

Thanks to the winds, for cleansing tired and weary souls,

Thanks to the waters for life sustaining.

Thanks to the Mother Earth as we lay her weary head to rest for

another season.

Thanks to the Father Sun for warming our souls on the long cold days.

Thanks to the fires that life is reborn anew.

Yes Creator today we give thanks for all of your little miracles

we take so much for granted each day.

I thank you Creator for my warrior son,

Whose proud stance and carriage has

Carried him through many dark days,

And even darker nights.

He knows the Warriors Creed and

Knows the life he lives was chosen

Long ago for him.

I thank you Creator for the many hands

Each one holding a star blue or gold, to be enfolded

In this blanket not yet made

Each star is a prayer yet unanswered

They that share the knitting of a new blanket

In life they are the ones keeping the home fires lit

They are -

The mothers who stand beside, their child

Who are so far away, but so very near

The wives who stand beside their husbands

Who are so far away but so very near

The daughters who stand beside their

Mothers and grandmothers waiting for mommy or daddy to come home.

The husbands and fathers who stand waiting for their loved one

To come home.

Creator this day we give thanks

For prayers not yet answered.

Keep all of our family near and far strong –

know in our weakest moments

we are the strongest, know in the darkest moments

we are the light to guide them home.

Yes Creator this is a day of thanks

For all that has come before

And all that will come after.

Each little moment we give thanks To you.

Keep our warriors strong,

Keep our warriors safe

Until all our hands and voices

Once again join together

Singing praise of Thanksgiving

Lynn VanCoonis 2007

Proud NH Blue Star Mother