By Brydon Brett

Actually all the Bretts have holes in our pockets. Why? Gratitude rocks. That’s right – gratitude rocks. Here’s the idea around gratitude rocks: basically you pick a rock to put in your pocket as a reminder to express gratitude. The rock represents something you’re grateful for. So until you express gratitude for something you can’t take the rock out of your pocket. Make sense? You can also put a handful of rocks in your pocket and thus motivate yourself to express gratitude more often. It’s a cool idea.

This Christmas we’ve been saving up a bunch of gratitude rocks for this final blog post of the year, so our pockets and our hearts are bursting at the seams. Here’s a little recap of The Bretts’ year 2010 wrapped in a warm blanket of gratitude rocks.

We are grateful…

• …for a new nephew/grandson/son. Ivan is awesome. He giggles a lot and he’s learning to trust his uncle.:) I’m also grateful I haven’t changed his diaper yet.
• …for a son/brother who loves the Lord and is serving Him for two years in Bogota, Colombia. Garon is awesome. I will say, however, that I’m grateful for this chance for mom to finally realize she loves me more than Garon while he’s away (it’s a middle child thing I think).
• …that Brydon (me) finally graduated college. I’m smart now!
• …for new Brett team members who are making a huge difference in our organization as we move forward.
• …for our most successful year in Branson ever, and an even more promising 2011 on the horizon!
• …for our most awarded season ever. If you read the news article you’ll know that The Bretts Show received 21 nominations and 7 awards this year. We are humbled and grateful for the recognition.
• …for mom & dad’s 30^th anniversary (And for my 26^th anniversary of not being married. I’m accepting marriage candidate resumes e-mailed to neverbeenmarried@liveinmyparentsbasement.com).
• …for good health, great friends, and a great family.
• …for incredible fan support! There are so many like-minded people like you who have helped make this year successful for us and for our cause. Thank you for making a difference. More good things to come!

A few weeks ago one of our team members told us that a man had been to our show and had shared a very special story with her. He told her that he’d come to see our show a long time ago. At the time, he was a drug addict, a drug dealer, and a gang member (and maybe some other things too – I can’t remember exactly). He said that our show changed his life. He’s now actively involved in church and has abandoned all of the old, destructive things he used to do. To me, and to my family, this is the greatest gratitude rock of all – the opportunity to use our talents to help transform lives. Of course, we know it’s not us who do the transforming. We’re just instruments.

How grateful we are during this Christmas season for the Babe of Bethlehem who makes all of our blessings possible and gives purpose to our lives. He is the reason we sing and the reason we are able to make any kind of difference in the world. He is the real Rock for which we should express all our gratitude. We hope your Christmas season is full of joy and meaning and that 2011 is your best year yet. If you’ve got gratitude rocks to get rid of, then do it. It’s a great weight loss program. Merry Christmas y’all!