Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for the many blessings we normally overlook in life. Family, friends, faith, time, education, food, housing, transportation, job, nature, and chocolate are a few of the many blessings we receive. We need to recognize their value and strive to remember that importance throughout the year.  Read More »

Thanksgiving is a day to celebrate life and every blessing that we have. I know we may all have something happening in our lives that may be stressful, heavy on our hearts and minds, and pending, but be thankful for the smallest of things. We may be sad by one of our loved ones being away, being sick or lost to death.  Read More »

To some Thanksgiving may just be excuse to stuff our faces with festive food followed by a day of amazing bargain shopping. Has our American society forgot the real meaning of THANKSgiving? How many of us sit around the table on that November night and share with our family and friends how truly thankful for the blessings that are bestowed upon us?  Read More »

My daughter has a typical November assignment for school. She has to make a booklet and each page says "I am thankful for..." While she was working on it last night I started thinking about the upcoming holiday season. We do not have an oven to cook with. We do not have relatives or friends that will invite us for dinner. There will be no money for presents when Christmas is here.  Read More »

Let me tell you why my thanksgiving break was good.
I visited Cobb's home, in Ilian, upstate NY. Cobb is my boyfriend, we're in a satisfying and healthy relationship. Who knew they existed!
It was a little soon to be seeing his family in my mind, but visions of going home to see a skeletal sister opening and closing a fridge gave the option a little more pull.  Read More »

I own a light green sweater that I purchased based solely on the fact that its brand was Great American Sweater. It made me feel like I was participating in some grand tradition involving fireworks and stars-n-stripes stove pipe hats. Or campfires and fingers sticky from too many s'mores.

So am I proud to own a Great American Sweater? In other words, what is my attitude toward my country?  Read More »

  This blog is about Thanksgiving facts, just in case some of you think that Thanksgiving is all about eating turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes, etc. The first Thanksgiving was a non-repeated, secular event; the pilgrims had a Calvinist Thanksgiving in 1623, but there was no sharing of food between the Pilgrims and Native Americans.  Read More »

Thanksgiving, as so wonderfully portrayed by Pilgrims and Indians, is a time that many enjoy. It becomes socially acceptable to eat like gluttons, play football in the yard, and then take an hour long nap. Honestly, what could be better? I cannot imagine not having Thanksgiving. Every year I have celebrated at my grandparents house. Except this year.  Read More »