THANKSGIVING DAY

Thanksgiving has always been a fun, family-time day. Over the years our traditions have had to make changes due to families being apart, deaths in the family, etc. Today was a totally new experience again. Linda was in Texas helping with her new Grandson, Robert Fox. That left her hubby, Dan, and her other son, Tim alone in Albuquerque. Thank goodness for good church families who look after people who are alone on special days, they had a great meal with friends.

For me, I felt alone here in Carlsbad, N.M. and was not sure how the day would go, but it turned out to be a good day. A friend invited me to her home for dinner, and she asked another 14 people too, so the meal was huge, and everything was good, including the company.

I think the one most memorable Thanksgiving I can remember was one in Juneau, Alaska many years ago. We had two dear lady friends there that invited us to dinner. My Mother was also invited that time, and another family of 4. The winds decided to howl that day, and the rain did come down. Finally, the wind took out the power lines and we were without power to finish cooking the turkey. The 10 of us sat around wondering if we were going to get to eat at all. After a long time, we gave up on the idea of getting that turkey cooked. Louise went hunting for a small camp stove and made cheese sandwiches to cook. We had delicious toasted cheese sandwiches, after which we had pumpkin pie, which had been baked ahead of time. It just goes to show that you don't need turkey and all the trimmings to be thankful.

The next day we were invited to come eat turkey, since they were finally able to get it cooked . We have joked over the years about being invited for Thanksgiving, only to eat toasted cheese sandwiches.

We have so much in our lives that we sometimes forget to be thankful for the bountiful blessings that we all have each and every day. Few of us have ever been starving, and don't know what it would be like. Let's pray that we never do .

My wish for you is that your life will be blessed with many good things, and that we will all remember to be thankful to our God for looking after us in such wonderful fashion.