Simply Giving Thanks
November 25, 2008, by Christie Healey
The uniquely American celebration of Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year. When I started to write this blog I was trying to list all of the things I am thankful for. Then it occurred to me how simple this annual celebration is. Just before winter comes we are prompted to reflect on the all the wonderful stuff we have been given that blesses us physically and spiritually.
Times are tough, but we can choose not to dwell on the difficulties for a little while and simply enjoy and be thankful. Let’s gather with our “families”—the definition is as broad and diverse as the world we inhabit—get out the board games, play cards, talk, laugh and share with everyone, youngest to oldest, and simply enjoy this precious time we have together.
I am thankful that this blog gave me the opportunity to think about the meaning of my favorite holiday.
November 25th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
I am grateful that you blog on this blog, Christie. (Can we find a more suitable and elegant word than “blog” please? It’s too close to “flog” and “block” for my tastes.) I so enjoy reading your essays. (Yeah, that’s a good, old-fashioned word!)
November 25th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
I found myself doubting Thanksgiving, remember the “UnThanksgiving” that Native Americans staged on Alcatraz Island, but then I thought about how this holiday was a time when the Pilgrims and the Native Americans worked together, and that, not what came before or after, is what I choose to think about during this holiday. And how lovely, a day for thanks, not a Hallmark card day (well they try) but a day for friends and family, like you so simply point out. Yes, “simply giving thanks” — Thank you Christie!