Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you find your Turkeys moist and delicious and your pumpkin pies with just the right ratio of whipped cream. But more than that, I hope you are saturated with thankfulness.   I hope that feeling will make you happier and that you will encourage it to stick around all year.

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays.  I feel like it’s still (mostly) about family and togetherness.  Consumerism hasn’t fully destroyed it.  I admit that it’s a gluttonous celebration of food.  Turducken has certainly made things more ridiculous, but at it’s heart, it’s still a day for togetherness.  I hope today as you shovel food into your face (yum) you reflect on how lucky you are.  Be thankful for Grandma’s recipes, be thankful to the people who’ve created tasty foods for you to eat, or that you have loved ones to cook for.  Try to think about the things you take for granted.

I am grateful for:

God who loves imperfect things.

My awesome, supportive family and friends.

Boy person, who vacuums and does dishes when I won’t and understands my need to quote Vanilla Ice

Co-workers who listen to my ramble on about lame things that turn into blogs.

Each and every person who has read this blog, commented, or sent me supportive emails

Netflix!

The motivational words of Joyce Meyer

My neighbor’s swarm of tiny little dogs that cheer me up after work.

That I live in a country where I can free form rant about how stupid it’s being.

To keep this feeling of gratefulness going all year, think about keeping a Gratitude Journal.  Sometimes I slack off and forget to use it, but it helps to keep a running list all year of things that make you happy!

For your enjoyment, a random Turkey Day classic.

Photo by: floodllama