Okay, hands down this is my favorite Holiday of the year. I LOVE Thanksgiving! When I think Thanksgiving, I think Family and I LOVE my family. No, it's not easy being a thousand miles away from them on this day (or any holiday) but I am so blessed to have family all over and I have never been without some of them when the holidays come.
Thanksgiving is far less stressful than Christmas it seems. ( I hate that Christmas can get that way since it really has nothing to do with the reason for the Holiday). But perhaps this is one of the reasons that I favor T-day.
When I was a kid, Thanksgiving was most usually at Gram Sjoberg's with family. It was also the day that, if it had been cold enough, we could skate on the gulley (a large 'ditch' full of questionable water in the woods behind out house). I remember Dad would go out and test it in the morning and we would wait for the verdict. It was always so dissapointing if he came in and told us it wasn't frozen enough to skate on. But as I remember it, there were plenty of Thanksgivings that we were able to skate.
This is also the day that people traditionally think of all that they are thankful for and I have plenty to be thankful for. Besides the traditional roof over my head, food on the table, etc... I'm thankful for all the wonderful people in my life, family and friends. I'm thankful to have a job in these difficult times. I'm thankful for the freedom I have in the country I live in. I'm thankful for all that God has done for me and in me and will continue to do.
Family, I love you all so much and hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving where you are and with the people you're with.
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