Thanksgiving means a lot to me. A lot of that meaning comes from sitting at the feet of my Native American grandmother, who not only loved the holiday, but worshiped it.
This year Meteor Blades posted a Thanksgiving diary (Happy Birthday!) as he does every year. It is an excellent diary, and frankly, I don't disagree with it. And I love reading his views and perspective. My perspective might be somewhat different, my opinions a bit different, but in the end, I agree.
Please indulge my repost.
I also write because a recent book claims that they didn't eat turkey in 1620something. But who cares really if they did or not. They didn't have fireworks on 7/4/1776 and St. Nick doesn't live on the North Pole either. Turkey has become part of the tradition. It has been for a couple centuries. Whether or not they at that or whatever food that one day, well, it's really not that important
Thanksgiving means a lot to our family and here is why.
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