What are you thankful for?

With Thanksgiving coming this month, 280 Living asked third-grade students at Oak Mountain Elementary to share what they were thankful for. Here’s what they said.

Weston Keith Ellison

There are many things someone can be thankful for, but I am most grateful for a wonderful family. I’m grateful for my family, because they are nice and do many things for me. I love my family.

I am also grateful for a great life. I have lots of friends and fun stuff to do. I love my school and all of the people there. I learn a lot and get to have fun doing it. 

I am grateful for the Lord. I know that he is always there and watching over me. Without him nothing would exist. 

Marrie Cannon Ivey

I’m thankful for a lot of things. Here are some of them. I am thankful for family, friends and church. I am also thankful for school, GRC and our free country. I am thankful for Christopher Columbus for finding America. I am also thankful for food. Last but not least, I am thankful for water. Those are some things I am thankful for!

Kate Murray

I’m thankful to have a family.

I’m also thankful for friends.

I’m thankful for a free country.

I’m also thankful to have a home.

I’m very thankful to go to school.

I’m thankful to move to Birmingham.

I’m also thankful to play soccer.

I’m very thankful to go to church.

I’m thankful to go to GRC.

Varsha Reddy

What I’m thankful for is my family, good food, nice friends and a good school. I am thankful for my family because they love me. I’m thankful for good food because it helps me live. I’m thankful for good friends because they are always there for me. I am thankful for a good school because I love my school. I am thankful for a lot of things. I think that’s good. What are you thankful for?

Jake Dean

My name is Jake Dean, and these are the things I am thankful for.

I am thankful to live in a free country. I am thankful for all of my needs, and that I have a family that loves me. I am thankful for all of my games and electronics. I am thankful for God and Jesus. I am thankful for the activities I do and for all the money my parents spend for my games, electronics, needs and activities I do.

Now you know why I am thankful. I’ll probably see you around!

Hannah Easterling

There are many things I am thankful for. I’m thankful for having a brother that is caring, loving and very nice. I’m thankful for him, because he loves me, cares about me and is very nice to me. Sometimes we have a big fight every now and then, but we always work it out together. I am also thankful for him because we like playing games and having contests together.

I am thankful for a mom and a dad because some children don’t have a mom or a dad. When they were little, their parents died or they were put in an adoption house or an orphanage. I am also thankful for a mom and dad because they are very caring and loving. They usually give me what I want.

I’m thankful for shelter, because some families don’t have shelter or homes to live under when there’s a storm that’s bad or weak like a little raindrop falling from the sky. I’m also thankful for shelter because we can eat and drink under it and live a sweet, safe and awesome life.

And now, I’d like to sum up my thoughts by saying… I am thankful for being blessed with so many great things to be thankful for because that is just a great life to live!

Abby O’Dell

Do you want to know what I am thankful for? Well, I am thankful for a lot of things, but these are my top four.

I am thankful for families. You can play board games with them on game night, and you can laugh and joke around with them. You can also go on fun family trips, such as sunny boating trips. Family trips are really exciting.

I am also thankful for America’s freedom. We can worship the God we want to worship, and we can live out our dreams. We can also own our property instead of other people sharing it. We can also travel from state to state freely. I love America’s freedom.

I am also thankful for nice and giving people. I think a lot of other people are thankful for this, too. They can be anybody. It doesn’t matter what they look like, it matters how he or she acts. When you’re around somebody that is all gloomy and never grins or smiles or waves, you don’t feel comfortable around that person. When you’re around someone that smiles and waves, you usually feel comfortable.

I can live without this, but I am also thankful for sugar cookies. They are SO, SO, SO good! When you bite into it, the sugar taste goes around in your mouth like a professional runner in a marathon carrying a sack of sugar and dropping loads of it. That’s how much I love sugar cookies!

I hope that you are thankful for families, America’s freedom, and nice and giving people.

Kierson McDonald

I am grateful for my grandparents. I am grateful for my Paw-Paw because he is sweet and kind. I feel this way, because he always brags about me to his friends at Waffle House. Every time he sees me he says, “Give me a big hug,” then he smiles. Whether I am playing soccer or just playing in the living room being silly, I can never do wrong in his eyes.

I am grateful for my Nonie because she is like a second-mom to me! She makes me shirts and bakes me a special kind of mac-n-cheese — just the way I like it, and I don’t even have to ask her! Anytime my parents need her to take or pick me up, she is there. She also comes to many of my sporting events ... and there are A LOT!!!

I am grateful for my Pa-Pa because he is funny and tricky. When I sing, he always asks me “What did you do with the money your mom gave you for singing lessons?” which makes us both laugh. Sometimes he comes up with tricks to scare my Nonie. I have fun tricking him, too. These are the reasons I am grateful for my grandparents.