This is without question my favorite time of year. It's a time for all us to slow down and give thanks for all of our blessings. An amazing thing always happens when I take the time to reflect upon my blessings - I come to realize I have more blessings than I am capable of counting! I believe this to be true for each and every one of us. With that being said, I simply want to take a moment and give thanks for just a few of my blessings.

Blessing 1: The Gift of Life
Every time I look at my children and their beautiful faces I realize what a blessing and miracle the gift of life is. A day should never pass without us thanking our good Lord for giving us life and sharing the lives of so many others with us.

Blessing 2: Family
The love, support, encouragement, understanding and forgiveness I receive daily from my wife Tamalyn and our four children (Gardner, Fulton, Frandsen, and Gracie) is so comforting and humbling. They constantly model for me how I should strive to live my life. They are a source of great strength as I experience God's goodness through each of them daily.

Blessing 3: Work, Colleagues, Clients, and Friends
I am so thankful that I get to do music for a living! Al Frandsen (my piano teacher) once told me, "the best thing about music is the people you meet through it". I am reminded of this every day when I come to work - the faculty and clients of The Dallas School of Music are simply remarkable. I experience through them the genuine goodness that God wants all of us to extend to one another.

This Thanksgiving lets take time to thank our loving God for the countless blessings he has given to each and every one of us. Lets take time to thank one another - Happy Thanksgiving!