Thanksgiving

Honestly, Thanksgiving is a weird time of year for me. When I was a kid in Oklahoma it was a huge family event, everyone came in from out of town and lets face it there was tons of great food. Good memories there.

In recent years its been different. With our families there is a lot of travel on our part and the weekend tends to be pretty busy. The food is still great but I just feel worn out at the end of it all.

Throw in that both of my maternal grandparents died the week before Thanksgiving five years ago and now my other grandmother is expected to live less than a month... It just forces you to focus on what we're celebrating in the first place. I'm not talking about pilgims here. It's spending time to really focus on what we're thankful for.

God has blessed my family in so many ways this year. While I will be the first to admit that the year has had plenty of hardships I cannot deny the great and wonderful things that have also happened. I don't know what tomorrow will bring, but good or bad I know that a year from now I'll be looking back at how God was at work in our lives. Not a bad thing to be thankful for.