Give Thanks for dirty dishes by John Peck and Joel Carwile
Posted on Nov 27, 2009 at 10:24 am under Holiday.
When you dread straightening up the house for company, be grateful for having a place to host guests and family.
When you clean dirty dishes from the Thanksgiving spread, give thanks for the food that contributed to the mess. When you’re stressed by the traffic on your way to visit loved ones, be grateful for having the means to travel. When you encounter the long lines shopping on Black Friday, appreciate the consumer choices you have in the this country. Work or play, there’s a variety of things Americans will be doing this Thanksgiving holiday. More than 45 million turkeys have been consumed. The Detroit Lions lost again. We all overate and had to walk around to overcome our indulgence. Our naps were not long enough. The conversations about sports, religion and politics were once again biased toward our way of thinking. For many families this will be the last Thanksgiving for an aging loved one, for the children, their journey has just begun. As you ponder the many things for which you are thankful, a good place to start would be that you live in the United States of America. It’s a land of the free and home to many patriots who have fought--and are fighting today--to protect those freedoms. So, lets all give thanks for dirty dishes. May God continue to watch over and bless America!