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Thankful Thursday – Ben Guerry

Sep 2

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            On this Thankful Thursday I am thankful for my young friend, Ben Guerry. I have known Ben all of his life and have watched him grow into an intelligent, thoughtful, talented and creative young man. He is now a student at Clemson, too bad not Furman, but everyone is allowed one bad choice. This past summer he served an internship at the First Baptist Church of Clemson. I listened to the recording and was impressed with his ease and comfort with the text and with speaking. I have no idea what his final vocational choice will be, but the church would be greatly served by someone of his ability, honesty and intellectual curiosity. Ben has enjoyed growing up in a home filled with love for him, love of God and a heart for all of humanity. Ben gives me hope for the future of our nation, for our young people and for the church. Thank you, Ben.

            Thankful Thursday is a special day to choose someone that you are thankful for and let her or him know what she or he means to your life. Send a note, make a telephone call or send an E-mail. You will be glad that you did.

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Thankful Thursday – Suzanne Smith

Aug 19

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            Today on this Thankful Thursday and every day I am thankful for my daughter, Suzanne. She has a birthday on Monday. I can still see us coming back from our walks which started out as tricycle rides on Rittner Drive in Baton Rouge. As we returned home I was carrying both Suzanne and the tricycle. Beelzebub, a ferocious dog, who lived around the corner, had driven us away with his fierce barking. We arrived in Charleston the day before her birthday and on her birthday we followed up an ad to get her a new kitten. Of course, there was the day that she and her mother picked up our brand new car from the dealership and Suzanne came to get me at work. She wrecked the car at Wesley drive. Thankfully she was not hurt. The car was a different story. She discovered her calling at USC in the Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Program and is having a wonderful career first with Holiday Inns and now with the Marriott at Vanderbilt in Nashville. We have had wonderful trips to Ireland, the Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, the Norman Rockwell Museum, etc. She is also the mother of my first grandson, Christopher. I know that every father is proud of his daughter and I am no exception. I have a daughter who picks out the scrawniest Christmas tree because,”Daddy, no one else will buy it and it will be left here.” She has a heart that reaches out to everyone and I would not have it any other way. Happy birthday, Suzanne. Your Dad.

            Thankful Thursday is a day to celebrate the contributions that someone has made to your life. Let her or him know how thankful you are. Send a card, make a telephone call or send an E-mail. Don’t let the day go by without doing it. You will be glad that you said thank you.

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Thankful Thursday – Joyce Murray

Aug 12

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            Joyce and I have been friends for so long that I dare not tell you the number of years; however, we were classmates at Furman University. After graduation we did not see each other again until I moved to Charleston and became close friends with her late husband Bennett. Joyce has a great sense of humor and a beautiful singing voice. She sings in the choir at First Baptist Church where she is an eighth generation member of the church. One of the hallmarks of our friendship is built on the respect we have for one another. Joyce and I don’t always agree on matters of politics and religious dogma, but that does not matter. She and Bennett were rocks when my wife died and she welcomed Carol with open arms and an open heart. I am thankful today for my friend, Joyce Murray. Yesterday was her birthday. If you missed it, call her up and sing to her.

            Thankful Thursday is a day to select someone that you are thankful for and let him or her know it. Send a note or telephone her or him. You will be glad you did. It is not hard. Just say, I am thankful that you are part of my life.

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Thankful Thursday – Vereen Coen

Aug 5

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           Vereen Coen, Mrs. Richard, was the president of the Charleston Speech and Hearing Center Board of Directors that hired me in 1964. This was an exceptional community board and Vereen was the dynamo that kept it rolling. When Liz and I came to Charleston to look for housing, she drove us all over the area and Suzanne stayed at her house with her housekeeper. Her mother, Mary Vereen Huguenin, was the founding president of the then Junior League School of Speech and the co-editor of Charleston Receipts, the fabulous cookbook that supported the center for so many years. Over the years our friendship continued to develop and Vereen has remained a supporter. I always look forward to her cheerful telephone calls. She is one of the most positive, out-going people I know. She has made such a tremendous contribution to Charleston and to my life. Today I am thankful for this outstanding community volunteer and friend Vereen Coen.

             Take every Thursday to recognize someone you are thankful for and let him or her know it. You will be glad that you did. Enlist others to join us in creating an attitude of gratitude. Why just Thursdays? We should be thankful every day and that is the goal; however, if it were every day, it would soon fall by the wayside.

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Thankful Thursday – Chuck Rector

Jul 29

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            I knew Chuck first when he worked with the Salvation Army. Before that he had directed a program for children with disabilities in Florida. Over the past several years Chuck has worked as a cab driver with Yellow Cab. Recently, after many health problems, he switched to another company. Chuck is wonderful as a taxi driver, but his abilities go way beyond that. He is well read, extremely well informed, a humanitarian, and a great story teller. Many years ago he became a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses. We have long since passed the driver/passenger relationship. We are friends who enjoy each other’s company.  In the distance between my house and Webster University, we can usually solve all of the world’s major problems. Today I am glad to say that this Thursday I am thankful for Chuck Rector.

            Thankful Thursday is my answer to Thirsty Thursday. Every Thursday choose someone that you are thankful for and let him or her know it. You will be glad that you did.

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