Thanksgiving

I am so glad to have slept in this morning as I had the day off from work.  I was so hoping to go to Cracker Barrel today for their delicious Thanksgiving food!! I sure do love to eat there!! Well, that got changed later this morning.  We are now going to another place with a buffet.  I really did not want to go there as usually, I over eat there because I keep thinking I have to get my money's worth while I am there.  The last time I was there, I did not eat a lot but a family member wanted to go there for their birthday and I went.  I just do not like buffets much anymore as I just do not eat what I think I paid for the meal.  But, I am keeping the peace and not demanding we go to a particular place.

While taking my shower I started thinking about the whole deal of where we would go to eat today.  The four of us eating together all had a different place we wanted to go eat for our meal today.  Probably most of us just assumed we would go to one particular place.  One of us wanted to eat at home but no one planned for that so that was not too much of an option today.

Then there was a thought that occurred to me.  How lucky are we that we had a few different conversations this morning about where we wanted to eat? There are people living in other countries, or even in this country, who would love to have the problem of each of us wanting to eat at a certain place.  How much would some people love to have the problem of picking out where their next hot meal would be? How lucky are we to have options on Thanksgiving to eat somewhere other than home? (No one really discussed what we were doing until this morning.) 

Even though we are going to a buffet today, I am thankful that I am spending it with family.  Sure, I will be able to find something to eat at the place we are going to eat today.  Others may not be able to say as much.  Others may get their next meal from a soup kitchen, the dumpster or not at all.  And here I am complaining about not going to Cracker Barrel today!! Cracker Barrel will be there tomorrow, the next day and next week.  Family may not be here tomorrow.

How lucky am I to spend today with family? Very lucky!!

Now, let us go get some turkey and be somewhat miserable this evening!!

Jenn