GIVE THANKS

This wagon was handmade by Thomas Wilson Stowe. He was born in 1883 and passed away in 1975. He was my great grandmother’s younger brother, so we called him Uncle Tom. He and his wife, Ellen, were childless and lived just down the street from my grandparents. They were kind and generous. I admired his remarkable talent and attention to detail.

Fathers should never take for granted the privileged of being a father. Nor should we lessen the privilege, we each have had, of becoming a child. Life is beautiful.

How do you thank someone who has given you life? How do you thank someone who has touched your life and made it better? How do you thank someone who has contributed to and added value to your life? Along with my father and mother, I look forward to one day expressing my sincere thanks to Uncle Tom for blessing my life.

Our pioneer forefathers established and refined the world we live in. Land was plowed, homes were built, and cities were founded. Home life, religious life, and modern cultures grew from wilderness and want. Great faith and sacrifice has provided the foundation we build on today.

Today we celebrate what previous generations have accomplished…for themselves, for their children, and for their countless descendants. Today we honor them for who they were, for what they did, and for all we have inherited from them. Today we remember and appreciate them. Today we should dedicate ourselves with a promise to emulate their good works.

[This blog represents my personal views and is not an official site of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.]

ADDITONAL RESOURCES

Give Thanks | by President Russel M. Nelson

Give Thanks in All Things | by President Dallin H. Oaks

Fathers | by Elder D. Todd Christofferson