{"id":4219,"date":"2017-11-23T14:22:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T21:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/?p=4219"},"modified":"2025-09-12T15:29:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T21:29:38","slug":"im-thankful-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/2017\/11\/23\/im-thankful-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Thanksgiving &#8211; I&#8217;m Thankful For&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Thanksgiving! \u00a0 I hope and pray that you are having a joy filled day and that you are finding ways to give thanks. \u00a0 I am thankful to be a member with you of the Team Beachbody community.<\/p>\n<p>Last night at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvaryabq.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Calvary Albuquerque<\/a>, we had our annual Thanksgiving banner service during which we walk around the sanctuary holding banners that give thanks for things from the past year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4220 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/im-thankful-for-thanksgiving-banner-service-calvary-albuquerque-112217.jpg\" alt=\"Happy Thanksgiving!  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Calvary Albuquerque Banner Service\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/im-thankful-for-thanksgiving-banner-service-calvary-albuquerque-112217.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/im-thankful-for-thanksgiving-banner-service-calvary-albuquerque-112217-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/im-thankful-for-thanksgiving-banner-service-calvary-albuquerque-112217-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/im-thankful-for-thanksgiving-banner-service-calvary-albuquerque-112217-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This year was very challenging and my daughters started late on the banners. \u00a0 I actually told them not to try to finish them, because we had so little to be thankful for.<\/p>\n<p>But when I began to hear the message from <a href=\"http:\/\/connectwithskip.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pastor Skip Heitzig<\/a> at Calvary, I realized that we had so much to be thankful for, even though our struggles are great.<\/p>\n<p>My two greatest joys are my daughters, Grace and Carly, and even on the worst of days, I have them to be so very thankful for. \u00a0 Happy Thanksgiving from my family to yours!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4224 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/calvary-grace-and-carly-thanksgiving-2017-2.jpg\" alt=\"Happy Thanksgiving from my family to yours\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/calvary-grace-and-carly-thanksgiving-2017-2.jpg 980w, https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/calvary-grace-and-carly-thanksgiving-2017-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/calvary-grace-and-carly-thanksgiving-2017-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"tp1s\" class=\"html wisestamp_app main_sig\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"470\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/ucwebapp.wisestamp.com\/5dc0499c-894e-4afc-857e-0fba085f077f\/dafterfamilyawanagames2016.format_png.resize_200x.png#logo\" alt=\"photo\" width=\"65\" height=\"97.5\" \/><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<div><b class=\"text-color theme-font\">Rich Dafter<\/b><br \/>\nStar Diamond Team Beachbody Coach<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"tel:505%20463-8865\">505 463-8865<\/a> | <a href=\"mailto:howtobefit@gmail.com\">howtobefit@gmail.com<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtobefit.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.howtobefit.com<\/a>|Polar Global Ambassador 2017| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/richdafter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/richdafter<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div><a class=\"wisestamp_app facebook_button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/howtobefit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.wisestamp.com\/apps\/facebook_like.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"wisestamp_app twitter_button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/howtobefit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.wisestamp.com\/email-apps\/twitter_button\/twitter-blue.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"wisestamp_app instagram\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/richdafter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.wisestamp.com\/apps\/instagram_full.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; 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