Happy Thanksgiving

The Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving here in America by sharing their food and company with their neighbors.

The native Americans had shown the pilgrims how to survive and grow crops.  These people braved the harsh journey across the ocean to find religious freedom and a better life.

The grateful pilgrims shared their bounty with the natives who had helped them and started a tradition of Thanksgiving.

Let us remember that spirit of gratitude this year and remember to share what we have.  Sometimes that means sharing a smile, or a kind word.  Sometimes it means checking in on your neighbor or calling an elderly relative.

Sometimes it means helping out at a food pantry or soup kitchen.  And when modern day pilgrims show up at our door, let us remember the look in their eyes when we tell them America is closed.

There are no more lands of opportunity.

As you sit at your table this Thanksgiving, be grateful for having all you need to eat, and people to share the meal with.  Not everyone was born into such abundance.