As I look back on previous Thanksgivings, my memories are mainly of good food and lots of it--the American way of life. Growing up in a family with eight kids, my Mother always seemed to cook just the right amount of food, and I never remember of any leftovers except at Thanksgiving. There were no seconds either, except at Thanksgiving. How she managed to do that with all the other meals during the year, I will never know. We ate good, but there were some luxuries I never knew about including getting seconds. Maybe that's the reason as an adult I am overweight--all the seconds I have now. I never knew until I was 16 and went on a date, that a person would eat a whole steak (this is just one example of the many things about life I never knew). We were not deprived, it was just that there were some things I never knew. We never cooked out on a grill, we never ordered fast food, and I never helped my mother cook. That was one thing she always did. Because she assumed this responsibility and never said a word, I never knew until many years later that she had felt like a maid for many years--she kept it all inside.
On Thanksgiving, many people will be keeping their emotions intact--just not to make waves or create drama. This is fine and well, but it never allows you true intimacy with family. This year, I will try my best to get closer to my family instead of concentrating so much on food.
We also need to make an extra effor to really thank the person who does the cooking, if it is not you. Why not bring flowers, or do some type of help cleaning up before settling down to television, as most people do. Don't even ask, just do it. Sometimes in all the hoopla, we just forget and get wrapped up in our own selves.
This year will be especially difficult for many Americans, especially the 1 in 10 who is unemployed. But we still have many many things to be thankful for including freedom to worship God and the freedom to strive for a better life.
God bless you all. Happy Thanksgiving. Just thought of a song I sung at school as a child.
Gobble gobble said the turkey
I'm the king of all the fair
Gobble gobble said the turkey
I am wanted everywhere
(Can't think of the end--oh, did I hear a gunshot?)
Make this Thanksgiving a memorable Thanksgiving and don't forget to take pictures.
This blogpost is dedicated to my step-father, Otto Timms, who is in the latter stages of Alzheimer's. He will be with us tomorrow. For that I am thankful.
It is also dedicated to my GBG sponsor, CJ, who helped me in this life here on earth, to examine and determine my "why" which is to give hope to the hopeless (both financially and spiritually). Jesus Christ is the answer. All glory be to my loving savior, Jesus Christ. Without him life would be meaningless.
Save this link to my site in your favorites. If you are one of the one in ten who still have a JOB (just over broke), be thankful; but don't take it for granted. Decide today that you will never be empty handed if they decide to pass out pink slips. A tight rope walker would never walk unless he has a trampoline there at the bottom to catch him. Let GBG be that trampoline.
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