November 23, 2017

From the Old Farmer's Almanac 2018, "Thanksgiving Day, as we know it today, began in the early 1600s when settlers in both Massachusetts and Virginia came together to give thanks for their survival, for the fertility of their fields, and for their faith." 

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A friend of mine called the other day to simply say that Thanksgiving is about "thanks" and "giving."  Breaking the word down into two words certainly makes sense to me. 

November 23, 2017 many of us will gather with family and friends and many will go to a church service to give thanks. Consider using this day to express out loud those things you indeed are thankful for. Maybe it is your survival, maybe too the fertility of your fields, and hopefully your faith. And, along with giving thanks, what can and will we give to others, our community and our loved ones.  

I am very thankful for all my family and friends. I hope to make some calls to connect with those I have not talked with for a while, just to let them know I'm thinking of them.  This is a perfect way to "reach out and touch someone" as the old phone ad of many years ago used to say! 

Happy Thanks...giving to all my family and friends! 

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