Look out Turkey because we’re comin’ for you!
It’s not a good time of year to be a certain type of flightless bird but IS if you are a certain type of flightless mammal; one that walks on 2 legs and has a penchant for stuffing smothered in gravy. There’s no containing our abundant glee…we Love ‘Turkey Day‘ !
With a fork in one hand and a goblet of crushed grapes in the other, we get to test the limits of guilt free gluttony and enjoy one last reprieve before the ensuing madness of Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, Green Monday, and Super Saturday…
It’s an opportunity to slow down and appreciate the things that really matter – good health, taste buds, warmth, shelter, friends, a loud-mouth uncle, a pain in the neck brother-in-law, a job that you can take a few days off from and football (the 0-9 Lions?). We may acknowledge these things in our minds from time to time but by coming together to do so gives them deeper meaning along with a heightened regard for each blessing.
What most everybody who considers Thanksgiving to be their favorite Holiday agrees on is that there is no pretension. My costume is not going to be better than yours because there’s no costume contest. No 8 crazy nights. No 12 Days. A short gift list if any – maybe a pie or some flowers; affection is really the only thing needed to give. No box of chocolates, no yielding to the wishes of a birthday brat, no plastic eggs stuffed with loose change or freakishly gigantic bunny. What’s also nice is that you don’t need to think twice when wishing anybody a “Happy Thanksgiving”. That Thanksgiving is for E-V-E-R-Y ONE creates a rare and peaceful sense of harmony.
There are three words we should use as often as possible: Please, Sorry and Thanks. For tomorrow though, let’s focus on the Thanks…
