Thanksgiving

Last week Veteran’s Day celebrated; thank you given to those who served our country with honor and pride.  Next week we will celebrate Thanksgiving.  Stores advertise turkeys by various sizes, cranberry sauce, yams, stuffing mix and pie; customers look for the best bargains. 

While the grocery stores are selling items for the Thanksgiving feast, all other stores are decking the halls for the upcoming Christmas season.

Before we begin to trim the tree, bake the cookies, rush to the mall shopping, we need to celebrate Thanksgiving.  A day we give thanks and gratitude for all we have; a day to spend with family, watch the Macy’s parade, gather around the table for the feast and then sit back to watch football.  The decorations of  pilgrims, Indians, cornucopias, turkeys and pumpkins adorn the home.  The scent of roasting turkey and baking pies filter through the home with a wonderful aroma that whets the appetite of young and old. 

As we bow our heads in prayer giving ‘thanks’ for what we have we should remember this: ‘it is not what you have that matters but who you have to share it with’.  

Take time to enjoy the day of Thanksgiving with those who matter in your life.  Start a new tradition, as you sit around the table, ask each person to tell everyone at least one thing for which they are thankful. 

Until next time…..HAPPY THANKSVIGING.  Enjoy the turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, marshmallow yams, cranberry sauce, stuffing and of course the apple pie and pumpkin pie.  Make sure you have enough left turkey for sandwiches on Friday as you won’t have time to cook after all the Black Friday shopping.


                    MURPHY FAMILY TRADITIONS…THANKSGIVING DAY
                       ©Scottie-ann Murphy  For Thanksgiving Day 2008

 Boughs are bare
   Their brilliant leaves
      Scattered upon the ground

Stripped cornstalks waiting
  Their fate in the fields

Silos stored corn
  Become winter feed for livestock

Apples gathered from orchards
   Pumpkins snatched from their patch

Harvesting of grain and wheat
   Turn fields of yellow to brown
Another season….
   Come and gone

Days become short
  Chilly north winds blow

Halloween celebrated
  Honor paid on Veteran’s Day

Pies cool, cranberry sauce is made
   Macy’s parade entertains us

Gathered with family and friends
   We sit at the table
     Bow our heads in prayer
       To give thanks for our many blessings

Enjoying the feast before us
  We laugh,
      Talk,
         And reminisce

Until……
  It is time for kick off of the first
    Football game of the day