Yes, I realize that it's not yet November, which has become popular as the month of counting your blessings. (Up until Black Friday, that is, when the spirit of greed, selfishness, and materialism seems to mostly take over.) Remembering to be thankful for what you have should be for every season, every day.
The first few weeks of school were rough here, and morale was low. We needed something as a reminder to look at all the lovely things we've been blessed with. When someone is down in the dumps and frustrated they're sent to the thankful tree to write a blessing on a leaf.
The tree is made from a volunteer chestnut tree which the squirrels planted in my flower bed and I snipped off. I stripped the branches of leaves and wrapped the "trunk" in copper craft wire. I put the tree in a pitcher and filled it with stones (agates, actually, from my collection) to support it. The leaves are made of scrapbook card stock and hung with hemp twine.
Our Thankful Tree has worked wonders to redirect moods and remind us how good we really have it.
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