Giving Thanks and Popping Tags

Another year to say thank you on this day of giving thanks. We need a reminder to eat turkey and talk about prices on sales to remind us of, o wait its Thanksgiving Day. This year businesses every where are taking that joy of being with family by cutting it short to hurry to the stores to spend that money that we don't really have so we will be returning half of what we really rushed to get for anyway. What is the real meaning of Thanksgiving? I mean you spend time with family in the summers and barbeque. You gather at someones birthday party to celebrate another year of thanking they are still with us. If you know the real meaning of giving thanks then you my friend are one lucky person.

During the year we forget to be thankful for the things that we already receive or the events that take place that make it worth our while that we are apart of.

I am thankful every day for many blessings in my life whether they are small or big they all count.

I am thankful to know that there is a doctor that diagnosed my father correctly and because of it his kidneys are not failing and that he knows I am always going to be there.
I am thankful to know that I still have my mother, we got a scare when we found out we could have lost her but she is gaining some pounds back and that I can make her not smile but laugh.
I am thankful for my sisters and to know that as we get older they don't need me like when they were younger, that makes them strong and independent women.
I am thankful for my nieces and nephews that make me wonder if I as a kid ever acted the way they do, young smart little adults.
I am thankful for my second family that is in my life that accepted me when I began my journey with my loving partner. Somehow they always know the moment I'm about to cry or pull a face gesture.
I am thankful of the new friends I've made this year and to know that I have not lost any due to health.
I am thankful that I have a job even if it is at a nutt house.
This year I realized how thankful I am for just having water.
I am thankful for my enemies to know that I am still here fighting this battle.
I am thankful for all the new things I learned this year to all the bad ones.
I am thankful that even thought mother earth is highly upset people still gather to help one another.
I am thankful for my loving partner to whom I owe many, many thankful moments in my life, from coffee runs to day trips to just making me feel special.

A friend once wrote "I'm loving the skin I'm in"

I am actually thankful "I'm loving the skin I'm in"


When you gather and have your giving thanks dinner do you take a few minutes to really say what you are thankful for? Do you really tell that person that is sharing the table how much you thank them for being in your life? Think about it for a second.....give thanks that you still share another American way of celebrating eating that turkey and popping tags at the store.