Happy Thanksgiving my friends.
Today is a day we call Thanksgiving, a day when we gather together with family and friends to sit down and break bread together, traditionally it is also a day for parades, football games and naps.
We know from history that the first Thanksgiving in America took place in 1621 and included 53 Pilgrims and about 90 Native Americans. The gathering was a celebration and thanks for a bountiful harvest and was referred to by the Pilgrims as “A Day of Thanks.”
While our Thanksgiving Day is no longer a celebration of a bountiful harvest, it is a day when many of us stop and reflect about the things we have to be thankful for.
I wanted to start my day off with a nice walk in the woods with Sampson and Delilah, an hour later when we came home I was in a foul mood. The leaves covered the trail and branches blocked the paths, I stumbled and slipped. Delilah’s leash kept getting caught on branches, Sampson rolled in something foul and while walking kept my body warm, the parts of me that were exposed were cold. I realized this when I scratched an itch on my chin and it was numb.
When we got back home I opened the hatch to let the dogs out of the car, and the damn thing fell and smacked me on my head.
I was pretty cranky.
Then the phone ring in the midst of my food preparations. I rolled my eyes.
Hubby shouted, “It’s out of area!”
My heart skipped a beat and I dove for the phone, “It might be Andrew!!”
And it was.
Andrew is my nephew, he is currently about 10 1/2 months into a 12 month tour in Afghanistan. He is in my thoughts (and prayers) constantly. Knowing Andrew was ok, (even though he has a cold) really helped me to stop and take a deep breath and put things into perspective.
I have much in my life to be thankful for, I have a wonderful family, great dogs, good friends, my home, and job.
But I also have this great blogville family, a network of people, most of whom I have never met, but who I can count on. When I’m feeling sad or insecure or I’m just in a foul mood, you will leave me a comment that will bolster my spirits, or you will write an awesome blog post that makes me see things in a different light.
I didn’t want today to go by without letting you know that when I count my blessings today, of which there are many, I will be counting you among them.
Oh and I’m thankful there wasn’t any butter in the container Delilah destroyed while we were at our daughter’s house eating dinner. 🙂
LOL, I bet Delilah was awfully disappointed there was nothing in that butter container. Sometimes thankfulness means something different to different people. Deliliah would have been grateful if that container held a snack!
You are right on that count! LOL
Nice job Jodi….I am thankful too….thankful my dogs have short legs and can’t reach the counter!!! LOL
LOL Dawn! Yes I see the benefit to that!
Cute! Nice post.
Thanks Mary Ann!!
BIG HUGS…..
Thank you Deb, back at you!
Happy Thanksgiving to you! So glad that you got that special call from Andrew, (and that there was no butter in the container Delilah destroyed ;)).
Just when you think you’ve covered all the bases, she finds something else!!
LOL. Your day yesterday sounds a lot like mine today. But I am glad you had such a lovely reminder of the important things. Life is not about hatches that fall on our heads or numb chins after all, is it? I am proud of you for not letting a little butter container spoil your day. 🙂 Enjoy your weekend!
I came in crabby, I knew I was crabby, I knew it was silly but I couldn’t shake it. 🙂 I hope your day gets better, I know mine did. 🙂
Life’s little annoyances always seem to be outweighed by the blessings.
Absolutely!!
What a lovely surprise phone call. It is amazing how one thing can change everything!
It amazes me the things that put life into perspective. 🙂
It’s amazing how you can get just what you need sometimes when we don’t see a lot to be thankful for.
Glad you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
It really is, sometimes we don’t even know what we need and yet it is provided for us.
Thank you Pamela, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving as well.
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Sounds like you did. 🙂
Thanks Rumpy, we hope you and your gang did too!
What a wonderful suprise getting a phone call from your nephew! I hope all the good outweighed the bad and your Thanksgiving was wonderful. That Delilah, she sure makes your life interesting!! 🙂 And I, among many others, enjoy hearing about her latest antics.
It was the best surprise! We did have an awesome Thanksgiving, how was yours? Good I hope.
Ah Delilah’s antics, I could write a book about it….LOL thanks for following!
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I’m thankful for you, too, Jodes! 🙂
I bet Delilah would have been thankful had there been some butter in there 😉
I’m glad your day got better and you were able to talk to Andrew.
My thanksgiving was spent cleaning up after sick puppies but very thankful they got better and I am very thankful for you too 🙂
Oh no! I didn’t know the puppies were sick, am I behind in your blog? Are they all ok?
No you are not behind but I am! And yes they were better by the next day, I think it may have been because they ate the straw in the dog yard. They put a scare in me though!!