• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

CONSIDER THIS Radio Show with Annette Petrick

Timely perspectives on life, love, friends, family, giving back, and giving thanks

  • Home
  • About
    • THE Consider This STORYTELLER
  • Story Library
  • Reviews
  • Products
    • Order Gift CD of 26 Shows
    • Order Gift CD by Mail
    • Media Resources
      • For Newsletters
      • For Internal Radio Networks
      • Sponsors
      • Custom Written Shows
      • Media Photos
      • Terms, Conditions, and Licensing for Consider This Radio Show content
    • Free PDF Book for the Consider This Radio Show
    • Professional Photography with Panache
  • Contact

gratitude

When Christmas Is Sad

Backstory   On my sad Christmases, I would write. The keys on my computer would fly. It might be spilling all my sorrow, putting my anger into words, shouting out the injustice of my circumstance. Others shed tears to cope. Some go away, avoiding the setting of their last happy holiday.  Others return to that special […]

Filed Under: Christmas, Encouragement, Gratitude, Podcast Episodes Tagged With: Christmas, encouragement, feelings, gratitude, lonely, memories, sad, unhappy

Peace Within

peace within

Backstory   This story was written at Christmastime – the holiday best known for giving – and receiving.  I was thinking about how little I desire, to be content.  I scripted this to wish the same for you. Click to listen or follow below to read. Peace Within –  #508 I have a very special wish […]

Filed Under: Encouragement, Gratitude, Legacy, Podcast Episodes Tagged With: gratitude, opportunities, peace within, wishes

Thanks For Doing Good

Thanks for doing good

Backstory  This month we Americans will give thanks for all the privileges and opportunities we are offered in our beloved country. Most of us are smart enough to be grateful more than one day a year.   Today’s story explores a different kind of gratitude for which we might offer thanks. Click to listen or follow […]

Filed Under: Advice, Gratitude, Podcast Episodes Tagged With: gratitude, thanks

Gratitude

Gratitude

Backstory   Every Thanksgiving, I’m asked to give the prayer before the meal to be enjoyed by our extended family.  I was making notes for this year, thinking of thanks for health, family, love.  But actually, our gratitude deserves to reach out to many more basic precious gifts.  This story is about them. Click to listen […]

Filed Under: Podcast Episodes Tagged With: gratitude, kindness, thankful

Gratitude

Thanksgiving

There’s been a lot of talk lately, it seems, about gratitude. There are gratitude journals and gratitude blogs and gratitude books – including a few to teach you how to be grateful. One item I read said that gratitude is your Magic Wand. “Whatever you point gratitude at increases, expands and escalates.”  But, the author […]

Filed Under: Encouragement, Lifestyle, Podcast Episodes Tagged With: grateful, gratitude, thankful

Primary Sidebar

Subscribe to the Podcast & Blog Post


(Your information is safe with me. I use MailChimp to send weekly emails that link to my most recent podcast episode and blog post. I never sell or share your information. You may unsubscribe at any time.)

Now Featured in Grand Magazine

A new adventure for Consider This Radio Show! We're now featured in Grand Magazine, and YOU can subscribe for free! Click here to subscribe. It's my gift to you!

Grand mag subscribe Feb 2019

NOTE: Grand Magazine subscription does not automatically subscribe you to my Sunday morning email. See below to be included in Sunday Morning Friends. 

Connect with me!

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

Recent Posts

  • Replacing Doors
  • Gone for the Rest of His Life
  • The Art of Downsizing
  • Start the Year Right
  • Christmas Sermon

Find Shows by Category

Active Member
Virginia Bloggers

Virginia Bloggers logo

Tale Tellers of St Augustine

Virginia Storytelling Alliance logo

Cowbird logoRead and hear Annette’s stories on Cowbird.com, a public library of human experience: stories from writers in 185 countries.

Active Member

Shenandoah County Chamber-Logo

rotary international logo

2X Paul Harris Fellow
J. Carl Coiner Award for
outstanding service
2018-2019

  • Home
  • About
  • Story Library
  • Reviews
  • Products
  • Contact
Copyright 2006 - 2021 Annette E. Petrick.