What Are You Thankful For

Hello again good friends from near and far. So it's another week of blogging again. Hope all is well with you all. So, this week is the big turkey day in the states called Thanksgiving. What a day of food orgy and well family times. Well first off before i start i just want to let you guys know of my big "oopps" moment involving thanksgiving years ago. Many years ago, upon my first year in the states, while attending Elementry School, i had the misfortune of thinking "thanksgiving" was a school event. I was so excited about it i went around school asking friends and classmates what are they going to wear for thanksgiving and what church is the service taking place at. To my greatest disappointment at the end of the day i came to find out that "thanksgiving" was a day of feasting and being thankful for things in one’s life. During that week, i came to learn a lot about the celebration of eating that was brought on by the pilgrims of the new colonies. So to cut long story short i thought thanksgiving was like back in my country that involved marching or a parade of the different schools.

So many years have gone by since that unfaithful year of my first thanksgiving in the states. Another year has come to an end and its thanksgiving again. One of the biggest question that many pose around this festive is what are you thankful for this year. Sometimes many don’t know how to respond to this question and others don’t have an inkling of the meaning behind this ole festive moment. To some it’s all about the endless amount of food and partying that comes along with it.

To start off i will like to say this year has been a really trying time for my family and i. we've had all sorts of downfalls and have encountered one problem after the other. To our amazement we have come through with our heads held high and our dignity intact. During these trying moments i have come to associate myself with this saying “if you think you have it bad there is always someone out there that has it worst". These are words that my mother had drill into my head when ever i have the urge of breaking down and about to give up on it all. So for this thanksgiving i would just like to say i am thankful to have a family such as mine, it might not be much but all the same it’s my family.

But mostly what i am grateful or thankful for is having a Mother such as mine. Within these past couple of months i have come to see my mother as an idol. My mother is a woman of great strength. She is the mom that will try and see the good in everything broken and try to fix it. She is the mother that puts a roof over her family’s head by working endless hours at the hospital and still has time to come home and take care of the family as well. I am thankful for the strong faith she has in God. No matter how bad a situation is my mother always has her faith to see her through it all, and at the end of the day she comes out of it with a smiling face. She is a strong woman and i shall strive to be like her every day. So i shall ask the good lord to bless this wonderful woman with good health and the strength to carry on and to never give up.

So my dear readers for this week, if you by any chance get the opportunity to read this blog, kindly drop a comment and also tell me what you are mostly thankful for this Thanksgiving season. Ever little thoughts and prayer counts. So open you heart to your love ones and be thankful for having them around this year. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. That’s all for now and see you next week.