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I have so much to be thankful for. And I've taken to speaking my gratitude out loud each and every morning on my way to work and on Sundays on my way to pick up groceries.
I have a whole list of people and things that I speak my gratitude for.
And today, we'll be visiting with DH's family, enjoying good company and good food.
May your day be filled with the same.
See you Monday.
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Hope you're having or had a lovely day filled with good food and your favorite people.
We had no extended family plans this year, so we will all be enjoying a long weekend; and as DD and I did last year, we are going to the zoo again. We're checking out the Dallas Zoo this year. Pics on Monday.
Have a super looong weekend.
Catch you next week.
There are so many things I'm grateful for, including this wonderful four-day weekend, but did you know that the history of Thanksgiving is rather ugly?
Also!
The pilgrims didn't land at Plymouth Rock!! There was no such thing / place until later when the locals area dragged a huge rock into place and just declared it the "arrival" location of our original forefathers in order to drum up tourism to help their local economy...
By this time, I hope we all know the native peoples of America were savagely mistreated and exterminated, much like the Jews were in Europe.
Also...
It wasn't an official holiday until 1870 when Ulysses S. Grant made it one, so, whaaat?
For a look at the sordid tale, visit History This Week.
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On to nicer topics...
One of the things I'm thankful for is my kids. All three of them of course, but I only have one living close enough to spend time with. You know her as DD and my Hockey Partner in Crime.
She's my second child and my younger daughter...and today, we're going to spend some more time together...not just at home enjoying a delicious meal, but at the zoo. It's been a while since our last trip and we've been wanting to go and meaning to go and finally we found a good time to go.
So--lol--we're going today!
Hope you have / had / are having a wonderful Thanksgiving.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING FRIENDS!
It's been a year, hasn't it? It started off pretty well. DH and I and his parents went on a wonderful cruise to the Western Caribbean -- yup that was 2020 -- and when we returned home, the world changed pretty drastically.
Despite it all, I have things to be thankful for:
My husband, my three wildly different children, my fur babies, my two moms, my siblings, my nieces and nephews, for our business that keeps on keeping on, the ability to write and publish books, for my dearest friends (known to each other as the Cotton Patch Kids), for my writers group, for other authors and their books, for fan fiction, for music, for Perfectly Mint Tea, Benedict Cumberbatch, my online friends far and wide, my Dallas Stars and hockey in general...
Hope you have a lovely day tomorrow filled with delicious food, family and/or friends, and fun.
