Thanksgiving was my Maternal grandmother's favorite holiday. She loved nothing more than feeding her family and having us all together under one roof. She passed that spirit down to me and I am very happy to carry it.
Now I know there are people who want to remind us of the brutal origins of this American Holiday. There are people who probably feel like it is not worthy of celebration. They don't want us to celebrate the cruelty and violence that was enforced upon the Native Americans and feel this holiday, in particular is promoting a false interpretation of that.
While I can respect and appreciate this view, I must point out that there are not many things that are being followed, practiced or celebrated as originally created. However we have, as humans tend to do, found a way to take the seed of something, find the good in it, evolve it and grow it into something useful and good for us. It is called human nature. I am sure things will continue to go this way. I actually hope they do. I am glad that we have found a way to turn something that was traumatic and infuse it with joy, celebration and thankfulness.
May the spirit of openness that the Native Americans carried bring us blessings on this holiday!
I appreciate any excuse to spend time with the ones I love most.
Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!
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