A Second Opinion: Thanksgiving for it all!

This year I have a guest, my brother, who is going to stay in our new home for a week. He can’t eat eggs,
and he doesn’t like Mexican food! I wish I were a better cook and will be perusing my
many cookbooks for ideas. But there are many things to be grateful for.

by Mary Foran

Thanksgiving, a very American holiday, although in Spanish it is known as the Dia de Accion de Gracias. In America, it harkens back to the Pilgrims celebrating the harvest with the Indians, and now it is a family feast with Turkey roasted in the oven, casseroles and stuffing and rolls and the inevitable pumpkin pie.

“The First Thanksgiving” depicted in a painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, 1899

This year I have a guest, my brother, who is going to stay in our new home a week. I just worry about what to feed him because he can’t eat eggs, and he doesn’t like Mexican food! He’s promised to take us out to eat at our favorite restaurants, but there are few here to go to. I wish I were a better cook and will be perusing my many cookbooks for ideas.

This year there are many things to be grateful for and the list is as follows:

1. Covid-19 hasn’t struck us, and we’ve both been vaccinated twice. I know people who have died from the virus so this is an important factor.
2. I am not homeless, as are so many people now, and I have a decent roof over my head for the winter.
   

   I am not homeless. . .

3. My property taxes are half what they were before and my car insurance is a third.

4. My neighbors are nice people and they take an interest in us.

5. I have my own office to work in.

6. I can attend Church.

7. I have medical and dental situations worked out.

Thank you for the pretty walkway

8. Grocery shopping is not very far away.

9. There’s a walkway along the river which is very pretty.

10. The town is small enough to walk around and explore.

We all have things to be grateful for, and I hope this Thanksgiving we will remember them with all our loved ones around us.

And for those who can’t be home for this holiday, may you find it in your heart to be thankful for all the positive things that have come your way this year.

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Images
Featured image (Thanksgiving Day turkey)/Dianne Rosete, CC BY-ND2.0
Quote mark/Oakus 53, CC BY-SA4.0
First Thanksgiving/PD via Wikipedia
Homeless/Mohammed Hassan, Pixabay
Pretty walkway/mollyroselee, Pixabay
Happy Thanksgiving/John Lain, Pixabay