{"id":642,"date":"2015-11-30T15:00:36","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T20:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.torrid-tech.com\/community\/?p=642"},"modified":"2022-04-08T16:50:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T20:50:09","slug":"time-say-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torrid-tech.com\/community\/index.php\/time-say-thanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Say Thanks&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>Hope you and your family have a great Thanksgiving<\/b>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to believe that November is here already, which means we are approaching the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>In this month\u2019s article I just wanted to write about\u00a0 the first and major part of the word Thanksgiving, which is \u201cTHANKS\u201d &#8211; to be \u201cThankful\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>definition<\/b><\/span> of thankful is someone feeling or showing gratitude. When you are pleased and grateful for what you have, this is an example of a time when you are thankful.\u00a0\u00a0 If you are a person of faith then our \u201cThankfulness\u201d is often directed to thanking our creator.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>I\u2019m truly thankful for my wife, Melissa<\/strong><\/em>, who is a smart, beautiful amazing Godly woman and the outstanding mother of our 4 children.\u00a0 She is always encouraging me in my roles as a father, a husband, a business owner, and a coach.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>I\u2019m thankful for our 4 children.<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Zac (23) is in vet school at the Univ. of Georgia.\u00a0 Lexi (21) is married now but in her senior year at the Univ. of South Carolina.\u00a0 Josh (16) is a Junior and Aaron (15) is a freshman at Fellowship Christian School in Roswell.\u00a0 Anyone with kids knows that they each have their own special gifts, qualities, likes, and dislikes.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torrid-tech.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TurnerFamily.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"My 4 Kids\" alt=\"TurnerFamily\" src=\"http:\/\/www.torrid-tech.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TurnerFamily-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As they grow up and gravitate toward \u201csomething\u201d in life, I then can connect the dots back to other things in their life.\u00a0 <i>Zac, for instance always had a love for critters<\/i>.\u00a0 At the beach he\u2019d look for crabs.\u00a0 At the park he would look for snakes and bugs.\u00a0 In school, he always liked science.\u00a0 It makes sense he wanted to be a veterinarian!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>I\u2019m thankful for my in-laws.<\/b><\/span>\u00a0 Unlike most \u201cin-laws\u201d they support me as if they were my own parents.\u00a0 They visit us often and get to spend quality time with their grand kids.\u00a0 They both <i>try to instill wisdom in our children<\/i> and love them unconditionally.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m thankful for Torrid Tech and the journey that has gotten us to where we are today.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>We have been blessed with some amazing creative juices from many people.<\/b><\/span>\u00a0 Our current team is clicking on all cylinders and I am so thankful for everyone that is contributing to our success.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>I\u2019m thankful for good health and the same for our family<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Sure there\u2019s the bum knees and occasional doctor\u2019s visits but overall we have been blessed to be healthy for the most part.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>I\u2019m thankful for all of the great customers and clients of Torrid Technologies.<\/b><\/span>\u00a0 Without YOU our customers we would just be an empty ghost town with tumble weeds blowing around.\u00a0 When our phones ring, I try to remember how blessed we are to have them ring. THANK YOU THANK YOU!<\/p>\n<p>I could fill pages more about \u201cThankfulness\u201d, but I\u2019d like to turn it over to you.\u00a0 What are you thankful for?\u00a0 It\u2019s a great exercise to put a little bit of joy into the holiday fuel tank.\u00a0 So remember all of these things when giving thanks around your Thanksgiving table.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>THANKS, Happy Planning and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hope you and your family have a great Thanksgiving! It\u2019s hard to believe that November is here already, which means we are approaching the end of the year. In this month\u2019s article I just wanted to write about\u00a0 the first and major part of the word Thanksgiving, which is \u201cTHANKS\u201d &#8211; to be \u201cThankful\u201d. 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