KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Americans, of course, have much to be thankful for. We have been blessed with abundance and freedom like perhaps no other nation in history.

At this time of year, our sense of gratitude is heightened by celebrating a holiday specifically dedicated to the concept of thankfulness.

Most people, for many reasons, are thankful. Some, though, migrate from merely “being thankful” during the holidays to “doing thankfulness” year round.

Their gestures are small but constant, seemingly insignificant to outside observers but meaning the world to their recipients, mundane and earthy but proceeding from the treasure of a kind and compassionate heart.

Here are some of the good folks of Kosciusko County describing how they express their gratitude.