HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

The answer to yesterday's Who Am I was Sarah Josepha Hale. The woman that saved Thanksgiving is also the same woman that wrote Mary Had A Little Lamb. Here is an article about the history of Thanksgiving:

http://wilstar.com/holidays/thankstr.htm

The first thing I am thankful for us Sarah Josepha Hale.

I am thankful for Thanksgiving itself.

I am thankful for all of you here. You give me purpose. You give me a reason to continue to learn and write.

I am thankful for my Facebook Friends who sometimes inform me and sometimes make me laugh.

I am thankful that I still have my Mom and for how she makes me feel. To her I am the most handsome man in the world that always looks nice. I'm fortunate to have the perfect role model to teach me how to age gracefully. God love you, Mom.

I am thankful for the Dad that I had. He gave me a goal to be as good as man as he was.

I am thankful for having the ability to earn a living even in these tough economic times.

I am thankful for my Sunday Breakfast boys.

I am thankful for my real life friends.

I am thankful for my Sister her husband that they is now are here sharing the duties with Mom.

I am thankful for my Korean dry cleaner that always has a smile for me and always asks the question "how is the stock market doing?"

I am thankful for the employees of the Sherwood Safeway and the Sherwood Walgren's. They always smile and say hi Mr. Dahn or Bill. Even if I am just passing through on a walk and don't buy anything.

I am thankful for all the authors that write wonderful books that I spend time reading.

I am thankful for the creative folks that write and produce movies and allow me to get lost in their talents for a couple of hours.

I am thankful for those in the military, police and fire departments, EMT's, and all those that keep me safe.

I am thankful for all the waiters and waitresses that make my Mom feel special when we are out enjoying a meal together.

I am thankful for cousins, here, there, and everywhere but especially my cousins in Albany, Oregon that are fun to be around and treat my Mom like a queen. Don and Belva and their family are unique people that make the world a better place.

I am thankful for cousins that aren't really cousins but are really sisters and brothers. Dixie this means you.

I am thankful that I really had two sets of parents. Blood lines would say Frank and Velma were an uncle and an aunt but the hell with blood lines they were and are a second mom and dad.

I am not thankful for the memory I have because sure as shooting I forgot to mention something or someone that I am thankful for.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL. Now tell me what you are thankful for?