Happy Thanksgiving!

*EDITED TO ADD . . .

I received the very first copy today of

**Jacob's Book **

And it is just perfect! I cried all the way through it as I looked through each page. It turned out just the way I wanted and I am so excited to have this treasure. The boys have already spent most of today looking through it. Some parts are definitely hard to read - but it is the story of my son and this book is priceless to me!

I have been working away on Jacob's book - whenever time permits. Unfortunately that isn't often anymore - but thankfully I got most of the book done before Allie came home. When I was working on the book, it didn't take me long to realize that there was no way I was going to be able to do Jacob's story in one book. It is just too long - I never knew I wrote so much! :) I have divided our story into 4 books. The first 2 are about Jacob's life. The 3rd book is about GRIEF and the year after we lost Jacob and the 4th is about our journey to Allie. Most likely I will continue printing these books as I continue to blog because I love having these journals of our life for the kids to read when they get older.

There are several things I want you to know about the book. First - it definitely has lots of pictures - in fact I used almost 300. But this book is basically a copy of my journal from the Caringbridge website. I did write an introduction and edited some of the journal - but this is not a "new" story written by me. There was also no professional editing done - so the book more than likely has errors in it somewhere. :) Also - I am making no money at all from these books. The cost is determined by the publishing company and that money goes to them. I did not raise the price of the book to make a profit. And this is only Book 1 - starting from the beginning of our journey and stopping in August 2005. Since I am so pleased with this book, I will work on getting Book 2 published after the holidays.

This book was done for my children - but it is available to purchase to whoever would like a copy. You can view a preview by clicking the badge below.Thanks to everyone who has been so patiently waiting for a copy!

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Amazing Jacob

By Heather Duckworth

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Enjoy your Thanksgiving weekend, my friends!
Blessings and love to all . . .


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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Hello friends,

I absolutely LOVE Thanksgiving! I love the food, the parades, spending time with family - and going Christmas shopping the day after. I love the smells and the traditions. This time of year is simply magical and I just want to savor each day. We are spending Thanksgiving at my mom's house this year with family and good friends and we are all looking forward to eating lots of good food!

There is so much to be thankful for this year. So many times our days are busy and hectic and it is hard to slow down and reflect on all the blessings in our life. Thanksgiving makes us do that. It makes me aware of how faithful our God is and how thankful we are that he showers us with forgiveness, grace and love. It makes me aware of how much my husband does each day for our family and how thankful I am to be married to him. It makes me aware of each hug I get from my guys and how thankful I am to be their mother. It makes me aware of Allie's giggle and how thankful I am that she is home. It makes me aware of my mom's good cooking and how thankful I am for all that she does for us everyday. It makes me aware of the fact that I am missing Jacob - especially today - but how thankful I am that he was my son. It makes me aware of how many blessing surround me everyday and I am so very thankful not just at Thanksgiving . . . but everyday!

We went last night to have family portraits done and to visit with Santa. I don't know how many more years I can get the boys to sit on Santa's lap - but they were more than willing to go this year with Allie! :) Having portraits done is pure torture for the boys - but we managed to get through it and were able to get a couple of good pictures. Allie wasn't real smiley . . . she does so much better with me at home! I scanned the pics - so they aren't the best quality - but I loved them - and are so thankful holiday portraits are over with for another year! Do you know how hard it is to get everyone to smile and look at the camera at the same time??? :) The pictures were done by The Picture People.

I took these at home before we left . . . look at my girl standing up all by herself!!! I think she is just beautiful!

I hope you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving! May your blessings be abundant.

Ending with a scripture . . .
"It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to the Most High."
Psalm 92:1

Giving thanks to the Lord,

**There is also a new update on Jacob's page!