"For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and for, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Contemplating this years thanksgiving feast, i began to feel very melancholy, as it struck me that again this year, i will not have any family at home to celebrate this great American holiday. Last year was difficult for me, not having my family at home. I went to visit Steve's family in Indiana. It was lovely, but just did not feel like Thanksgiving to me.
Really, I am thankful for so many things in my life. I was raised in a loving family atmosphere with a mother and father who loved each other and all their family. The abundance of love in my family sent me forth in the world to build my own family. Of course, in my usual way, I built my family, in two marriages and still ended up with just me and my children. What wonderful children they are. We are missing one physical part of the family, since my son left this earthly world two years ago. He is always with me in my heart.So as I sat there, contemplating my sadness, I started to think about all the wonderful Thanksgivings I have had in my life, as a little girl, and then as a woman with her own family, and I started to feel less sad and just truly thankful. I am thankful that I get to cook a delicious meal in my own home. I am thankful for the smells that will fill my home as I prepare the food. I am thankful for Steve and for his family that will join me at table this year. I am thankful for friends. I am thankful for my daughters who get to spend the day together. So here's to Thanksgiving! I will leave you with the words of a great Scot "Some hae meat and canna eat-
And some wad eat that want it;
Be we hae meat, and we can eat,
Sae let the Lord be thankit." Robert Burns
