*** The GRAND PRIZE WINNER will receive a complete author-signed collection of three of my books: We Who Are Alive & Remain, A Company of Heroes, and Shifty’s War.
* The RUNNER UP will receive one author-signed copy of my newest book, Shifty’s War.
You may have already bought these books (many thanks if you did), yet I encourage you to enter the contest anyway. The books are great to add to any collection or to give away as gifts.
Important:
1) To enter, simply write a comment in this blog posting below with YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME and ONE THING YOU’RE THANKFUL FOR. No hoops to jump through--that’s all there is to it. (Note: If you’re reading this post via Feedblitz or a RSS feed, you’ll probably need to go directly to my website www.marcusbrotherton.com to do this.)
2) Contest closes Sunday November 27, at 8 p.m. PST. Any comments received after that will not be counted.
3) I’ll put all names into a hat and randomly draw two winners—the grand prize winner first and then the runner up.
4) I’ll announce the names of winners on a blog post here on Monday, November 28. The winners can e-mail me with their mailing addresses, and I’ll get the books out to them right after that.
5) Both domestic and international entries are welcome. (The last person who won a book from me lived in the UK).
That’s it.
Thanks again everybody. Here’s kicking off a great holiday season.
83 comments:
Name: Gus Boschert
Thankful For: My wonderful wife. Her friendship, love and support have helped me through some difficult periods and she keeps me on an even keel.
Chris Young
Thankful for the freedom my family and I enjoy here in the U.S. thanks to my Dad, brother and the other veterans who have served. Thanks guys!
During such difficult times in the world today, I am always thankful not only for my friends and family, but also for the simple fact that I was lucky enough to be born in America, which is still the most prosperous nation on earth.
Parker Cornwell
I am thankful for my Church.
Katie Brim
I am thankful for my family. They're really great, and I am so blessed to have them in my life.
Kevin Touw
I'm thankful for the opportunity to learn from the lives of great men who have come before me.
Ben Loehr
I am thankful for the trying times in my life, they make the good times so much sweeter.
I'm thankful for my wife and a nice home we have.
-Jaakko Joki
David Russell Mosley.
I'm thankful for the provisions and blessings my wife and I have received since moving to the UK.
Maja Katinić
I'm thankful for all the smiles I get from my friends and family despite everyday problems. I'm sending a smile to all of you too:-D
I am thankful for the Word of God, my family, and that I live in North America.
I am thankful for the blessings and opportunities that I have to live in freedom. I am also thankful that I realize that freedom is never free and I am thankful for the men and women who served, fought, bled and died so that I could enjoy freedom today.
Shawn Morris
I am thankful for all those who God has placed in my path that point the way. God Bless and Happy Thanksgiving.
Rusty gray
I'm thankful for family.
Tobias Tesching
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Lee Schulze
I am thankful that every morning brings a new day, that no matter what the worries were yesterday, life goes on.
Alexander Hiller
Thankful for my friends, who have been a source of fun and inspiration, some for years, some for weeks, and hopefully many of them for the decades to come.
Name: Peter Steve
Most Thankful For: Beyond my wife and two boys, I am truly thankful to all of our veterans who sacrificed so much so that all of us can live the lives we do today...in peace and in a country that while plagued by problems, is still the best country in the world!
Guy Miller
I'm very thankful of my family and through all its flaws living in the U.S. where we have the ability to lead the life we choose.
Brandon Stewart
I am thankful for my wife, my two little girls. I have been blessed.
I am thankful that I married one of the men from WWII who helped make history, but never boasted about his accomplishments. If it were not for the books I read, I would never have known what he encountered.
Mitchel Green
I am thankful for my family. Without them, I would never have developed into the man I am today.
Justin Egan
I am thankful for my beautiful family both past and present.
Jon Deng
I'm thankful to be here and alive and have the choice of how I want to spend my day.
Daniel Hartle
I am thankful for my house, family and that I am still here.
Dan Jansen
I'm thankful for my beautiful wife and three wonderful children
Kaylee Russell
I am thankful that my family and I have been blessed with good health, love and happiness each day.
I am thankful that God gave me the family that I have - "you can't pick your relatives" - and that's probably a good thing. God sure knew what he was doing when he picked mine for me.
Life!
I'm thankful for my family and the way of life we get to enjoy every day thanks to our men and women in uniform, past and present.
Dustin Ribergaard
I am thankful for my family, especially my wonderful wife and son.
Rick Barnes---I am so Thankful I was able to move here in Virginia to spend the last year with my Dad, and to spend the last moments by his side when he passed on from this world
Nick Carlson
I'm very thankful for my family. Couldn't imagine life without them.
Andy Sutherland
As I was the winner of the last competition, I do not want to win this time. I would prefer if someone had the fantastic opportunity that I had to receive a signed book through the post.
Anyway, to answer the question, I am happy with the goodness of people. We tend to think of the bad things in life like the recession, mortgage foreclosures and the current wars; however, I prefer to focus on the great things we are capable of. Life is great!
I will also be very happy for the winner of your great books. I am currently reading "Shifty's war"; finally found the time to sit and read it.
Regards from Normandy,
Andy
Elizabeth Jones.
I'm thankful for my son Elliot who LOVES history and LOVES your books and if I win, I'm giving them all to him.
I'm thankful for the opportunities afforded to me by those who have sacrificed everthing; although unknowlingly, for me. I'm thankful for those men and women who serve everyday, and I'm thankful for those people who shares their stories through documentation so that we may all know and understand the sacrifices these soldier made during, and after their time served. Without a doubt, I'm thankful for my freedom!
Mostly; and above all, I'm thankful my sins are forgiven by the sacrifice of Jesus.
Pete Heyrman
I am thankful to the inventor of the ventilator and to the ventilator itself for keeping me ventilated and for allowing me to live as normal of a life as possible.
Neil Jones
I am thankful for the freedom I enjoy because of the sacrifices made by so many many people around the world.
Mark Johnson
I am thankful for my family. They add a richness and texture that words cannot capture.
Carol Schultz Vento - my family and friends and what I learned from my father about never giving up.
Nate Strong
I'm thankful that I've been blessed with the opportunity to experience the overwhelming love I have for my three wonderful children - there's no feeling like it in the world!
Carissa Krause
Posting only one thing that I am thankful for is so difficult! Having taught Jr. High Sunday School for the last year and a half, I have been very wary of the "Christian" answers to questions...but I have recently been involved in the Freedom in Christ course at church and it is amazing (there's a "thankful for" right there!) Truly, I am so thankful that, at 7 years old, God adopted me. Everything after that, family, friends, events (good and bad) and provisions are lived out in and through the truth of being "alive". "He who has the Son has life..." Being set free is how we can live out the command, "Be thankful always!" (not that I always do such a great job at that...so it would also be noteworthy to state that I am thankful for GRACE!)
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Brotherton Family!
Sheila Joshi
I am thankful - for hope. Without hope life becomes bleak and dark, but with it we find a companion that can lead us through anything.
John E. Nevola
With all the uncertainties of life, I often feared God would take me before I raised my 4 children. Even with adequate insurance, that possibility haunted me. Now, as I gaze out over our Thanksgiving table at my lawyer, teacher, account manager and police officer and my 6 grandchildren, I'm thankful God kept me around long enough to accomplish and enjoy this. I'm playing with house money and thankful for that every day.
Jordy Hofhuis
Thankful for: my current mentor
I'm thankful for my Dad. Through the years, he's been a man to model my life after. His love and commitment to my mom, his kids, and now-growing family. His transparency about his failings, and what he's done afterword to get back on track. His willingness to risk and persevere for the sake of eternal things in the lives of others (a second-career YWAM missionary to Japan). He has set the bar high.
Brent Lee.
My wife and family...oops, that's 2, or 4 things
I am thankful that both of my sons made it home from Iraq. I am thankful for the Freedoms afforded me by my sons and those before them who fought for our freedom.
I am thankful the health and happiness of my family and friends (as far and as wide as that reaches)!!!
Wow, these are so great. Thanks everyone for entering and talking about what you're thankful for.
What's cool also is to see a little bit about who reads this blog. So many different personalities, areas of the world, and worldviews represented.
Thank you everyone.
The contest is still on...
I am thankful that by meeting the World War II veterans and sharing their stories I became true friends with people in the U.S. and Europe.
Cindy Tatum
I am very thankful for our Camp Toccoa men and all veterans who secured the liberties we enjoy every day and for the legacy of Camp Toccoa that we share with others on a daily basis.
Chris Wolfe
I'm thankful that I get to spend Christmas with my wife and daughter prior to my upcoming deployment.
Chris Wolfe
I'm thankful that I get to spend Christmas with my wife and daughter prior to my upcoming deployment.
I am thankful for my random meeting with Ed Mauser in the 2 short years before his untimely death from cancer. We shared a life time of stories and what an emotional roller coaster ride. To be able to take the oldest surviving member of the Band of Brothers back to Europe for his first trip in over 65 years. To be there with him and share the powerful emotions and to have him ask me to serve as his pall bearer at the end of it all.. I am truly blessed and thankful to have been a part of this experience.
Brian Kruse
Philip Sturm
Most thankful for my wife, without her i would not have my best friend and someone to double-team life with
I'm thankful for the time that I had with my sister and my Grandma before they died. My sister was my best friend, she was my partner in crime, she was my confidant, and I loved her more than anything. My Grandma was my mentor, my guide for who I wanted to be when I grow up, she loved me unconditionally, and I felt the same about her. Their loss nearly killed me, and I was so young when their deaths happened (six and ten), but looking back now it was that loss that taught me how important it is to treasure the time that you're given because you don't know when it's all gonna be over. I will forever be thankful to have had them in my life, and I will always love them both.
Chantal Bilodeau
I am thankful to God for His grace and the life He gave me.
David Dionne
I'm thankful for my wonderful wife and 2 daughters.
Ken Coombs
Thankful for my wife and our family.
I am very thankful this holiday season to have people around me that care for and about me simply for who I am...the good and the bad. I am also thankful for my precious pets that give me love and attention no matter how they are feeling on a given day (that unconditional love).
Thank you Marcus for supplying the forum to share.
Greg Cupec. Not sure if my first comment posted. I am thankful, for family, friends, food, clothing and shelter and for the kids I have the privilege of teaching this year. Not everyone has these items and I am thankful to have them.
From Charles Legendre
I am thankful for the great family I have. I am blessed with three loving children and an extraordinary wife.
Richard Ryan
I am thankful for the freedom I enjoy and grateful for the price paid for it!
Jim Woodward
I am thankful for the opportunity to defend our homes and our freedoms.
Jim Crownover
I am thankful for God creating the land from which we get all of our physical needs.
Clayton Burningham - I'm thankful for my family.
Kevin Penner. I'm thankful to my family and friends who have demonstrated God's grace to me over the years.
Dzulhelmi
One thing that i am thankful for is since i learned the power of personal development, i am consistently excited about every single day of my life.I found that by praticing positive thinking i gain healthy inspiration that keep me powering on while having lots of fun.
Aiman
I'm thankful for my old friends who stayed in touch, my colleague helping in the survival of the hectic working hours, my parents who put in blood and sweat to support what i'm doing and my siblings who just crack me up.
Ms Sabrina
I am thankful to be alive and kicking to live freely and happily.
I am thankful for the friend and love that God has blessed me with in my wife. For the integrity of the company that employs me. And for men like Shifty and my Grandfather that fought and sacrificed to save freedom for us all.
Aaron Davis.
Im thankful for everything i have im thankful that i have the priviledge to go to a christian school and that my friends and family that love me very much
Darren Sapp - Thankful for those that served so we could be free to celebrate the simple things like Thanksgiving.
I am thankful, first, for my family. I am thankful to know the fine people of Toccoa, and the men that I have met that trained there and all of the friends I've met. Who knows, without Toccoa, there may have been no Band of Brothers.
Rob Ylinen
Name: Elliot Jones
I'm thankful for all that good God has given me to enjoy. I.e family, friends etc
Thankful for the love and trust of my wife of 22 years. --Jeff Otten
A gracious God, a loving husband and family, a great heritage and a place to worship and minister.
So thankful for another day to experience.
I'm thankful for my supportive and encouraging wife.
Gary Dyck
I'm so thankful for what the Lord has provided for us this year (with breaking my back) and for the lessons we have learned!
... And the contest is OFFICIALLY CLOSED.
Thank you to everyone who participated. Winners will be announced in minutes on another blog post.
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