I think its crazy to be thankful for a holiday about thanks, but then again I'm thankful to be thankful for this season of giving thanks! Every year we cram into my Aunt's basement to a spread of pot luck food on a pool table. We have conversations about what's been going on, how you been, EA football, old stories of the past, new ideas of what's to come, and laughing at Maw Maw with her cough and spray eating. Working in a school will make one realize all they have and all they should be thankful for. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday simply for the fact the focus is on gathering, family, food and football. Not presents, not hectic shopping, not trying to please everyone. It's more or less the calm before the storm... if you know what i mean. So, I pose the simple question... what are you thankful for? What do you have to not be thankful for? In everything give thanks. Working long hours, give thanks. Crazy kids, give thanks. Being in overload with family, work, projects, volunteering, extra responsibility, how am I going to pay that bill... give thanks.
As I am writing this blog... i am chomping at the bit to go home. I want to see my family so badly... and I'm thankful for that. Granted they're in a spitting distance (a long spit)... but I'm thankful for them.
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