It’s easy to take what we have for granted.
We do it all the time.
In fact, we do it so often, there’s a national holiday to remember to be grateful.
Thanksgiving.
Forget this over-hyped meal shared between the Pilgrims and the Indians. Thanksgiving has turned into a commercialized holiday where families sit around a dinner table — maybe for the first time that year — to partake in a 15-pound turkey and pass around bowls of mashed potatoes and candied yams.
But it’s also a time when we can look around at our life — at the stack of bills on the table or the laundry piling up in the bathroom — and say, “Hmm, this isn’t so bad.”
So here are some — just some! — things I’m thankful for this Thanksgiving.
And yes, I’m thankful for you, too!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
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Happy Thanksgiving Cat!
happy tgiving! thnku for this warm, personal reminder abt what this day is abt before i start stressing abt cooking my turkey and stuffing. which i am grateful to have as a source of stress. we are indeed v lucky.
i can’t cook, but i can wash dishes and scoop ice cream.hey, i think i saw some hot fudge in the fridge, and i know there’s a half gallon of DoubleRainbow French Vanilla. an introduction is in order.
This was a joy to read. It must have been a wonderful experience to create it.
Y’know Cat, it’s true… We do have a lot to be thankful for… so here’s a lil’ poem I just thought up…
What I am Thankful For
are the bills upon my table
they remind me that I have things
like water, electricity and digital cable
What I am Thankful For
is laundry waiting to be washed
and dirty dishes in the sink
means that I’ve got clothes on my back
and enough food and drink.
What I am Thankful For
is coming home tired late at night
means that I have a job
that I work hard at with all my might
But what I am MOST Thankful For
is the laughter and smile
of friends like you, both near and far,
who make my life worthwhile.
-NeilYamamoto
I know it’s a day late, but Happy Thanksgiving Cat, we’re all thankful for YOU!
NEO
Happy Belated Thanksgiving Cat. We all have something to be thankful for in our own way.
Nicely done.