I'm Thankful For---

The big meal is over, the guests are gone, and here we sit enjoying a peaceful evening. I'm thankful for peaceful evenings, they give me time to think, remember, and appreciate what the Good Lord has given me.

You have read my opinions on God, my Family, Friends, and Southern Heritage, some of the results on my genealogy research, and how they all tie together. Some things I am thankful for.

I am thankful for my ancestors and the traits they passed down to be, Leroy Lusk pictured on the left was the Grand Dad of my Granny Cooper, Granny taught me to Love God and the importance of taking care of yourself and Family, she learned these lessons from her elders and I know she sat on his lap and listened to stories and lessons just as I sat on hers to hear these stories again.

A large number of our Family stood up and fought for our homeland during that so called Civil War. Leroy Lusk had five brothers who also served for the Confederacy, one Nathan stood with the officers of the Immortal 600 at Morris Island SC, and Rufus the youngest brother died of pneumonia and typhoid before his 17th birthday. They had four first cousins James L, William, David, and John Lusk who all died on the same day at the Battle of Antietam in Sharpsburg, Md these brothers are still there today buried among the Confederate unknown on the battlefield. William Milton Jameson my 4th Great Granddad who died at Spotsylvania, and others like Joseph Massingill who died at Camp Chase Military Prison in Ohio about a month before the end of the war and Matthew Hendricks who came home and died in 1944 at the age of 101 after a long constructive life following the war. I could go on and on and bore you to death but I am thankful for the sacrifices these men made, and for the lessons they passed down to me. I have said this a number of times "Too many of our Nobel Forefathers stood for the Cause of the Confederacy for it to have been unjust"

I am thankful for my Friends, a lot of you listen to the same stuff from me over and over and know I'm just running it through my head again and trust your opinion or I wouldnt be doing it again. A lot of you have helped me a lot keeping these sites, forums, and blogs running, I have slowed down at times but you have never given up on me and have waited me out till the Good Lord got me up and running again, I could list you all but you know who you are. PoP, Dessie, Dawn, Kathy, Rodney, Kathleen and my best friend my wife Cindy who smiles and nods her head when I start repeating again and again. There are many more who I appreciate and I Love you all. Thank You

I'm thankful for my Family, my wife Cindy who puts up with me, Randy, Tim, and Melissa who help her out and make me laugh in a good way,Yea and you too Elisa, Steve and Scott my Sons who I miss dearly and Zoey who I want to see real soon. I Love all of you and am Thankful the Good Lord let me be a part of your lives.

I thank God for my Parents who gave me life and also thank Him for the blessings and hardships he has helped me through, the hardships teach lessons on life and the blessings reward you for learning them.

God Bless and Thank you all for the inspiration you give me to continue the fight for what is right.

Jimmy