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Giving Thanks for a Four Day Weekend
I don't always have time to give thanks... if I even knew how to give thanks. There's much to be thankful for this time of year, and always. We live in a great city in a great county in a great state... We're clothed and fed; safe and warm; not wealthy, but somewhat healthy. So many to thank. When was the last time you thanked a farmer or textile worker? We don't spend a lot of time on what we take for granted, but without them? Where would we be without not only doctors, teachers, service men and women, police and firefighters, but construction workers, employers, volunteers, foodservice industry persons, truckers, lawyers?
Every day there's probably dozens of people we could thank if given the chance, but Lincoln was evidently thinking more along the lines of thanking our Father in Heaven when he declared the first Thanksgiving 148 years ago during the Civil War. So, even in times of war there's reason to be thankful? Still safe and protected, thanks be to God.
I don't always have time or know how to give thanks, that's why I'm so thankful to have had a four day weekend. Mass at 9:00 Thanksgiving morning followed by another exciting Packer win, a perfectly prepared turkey and family to share it with. Went shopping on Black Friday without spending too much or getting pepper sprayed. Cleaned the basement and took much of it to the St. Vincent de Paul store, helping both them and us. Took an old couch off my in-laws' hands and got a new couch for ourselves in return. Spent a little time with our son Nick, home from River Falls for the weekend... You can bet I was thankful! Thankful for the time to give thanks.
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