Thanksgiving, the forgotten holiday

Isn't it a shame?  Thanksgiving has become the forgotten holiday.

With the economy being what it is, slow, bad, depressing, whichever word you feel fits, the businesses are pushing the Christmas season WAY, WAY too early this year.

Since our family is fragmented by jobs and distance, we don't celebrate Thanksgiving, or any holiday really, in the traditional manner, but we try.  Try being the word.

This year, Dear Boy will be working and cooking a turkey at work for he and his coworkers to enjoy together, not with their families.  I told him I would get his turkey for him.  I asked if there was anything else I could make for their meal, but haven't gotten a "text" back yet.  I have some banana's in the freezer, perhaps a nice banana cake with homemade icing will work.

Dear Boy is a paramedic.  He LOVES his job and I give him a lot of credit to do such work.  We really can't talk much about it, he and I, because he likes to share the details, which for me is TOO MUCH INFORMATION.

This year, when you sit down to your table to give thanks for your many blessings in your life and that of your family, take a moment to think of those who are working that day to help to keep you safe.  The paramedics, the EMT's, the firefighters, the doctors, the nurses, the veterinarians, the ambulance drivers, the police officers, all persons in the military.  I know there are plenty of others that I perhaps have not mentioned.  But think of them and be thankful.  Thankful that they are there.  Thankful that they have the training and that they continue training.  Thankful that they give up their holiday with families to be there when they are needed.

Be thankful this thanksgiving and perhaps, stay out of the stores to send the message that people shouldn't be working on a family holiday just to make someone else money.