Thankful

Oh Thanks giving is upon us!  I have just spent the last 3 hours baking pies and stuffing and tomorrow I will be baking sweet potatoes and broccoli salad all of which I cannot have, ohh wait I forgot I can have the broccoli salad, yep so tomorrow I will be going to a brunch at a very fancy Inn with my Dad's side and then on Friday after a LONG 10 hour shift I will be sharing a Thanksgiving meal with my Husband's side, all of which I will be consuming turkey and you've guessed it broccoli salad, Yay!!! : D

It's okay because like I've said before, Christmas is really my thing not Thanksgiving, so tomorrow I will just have to remember that decadent hot cocoa I will be having over Christmas with my mothers infamous brown sugar ham!

Even though Thanksgiving is not my favorite holiday I do think it symbolizes a great tradition, the same tradition we hopefully all take time out tomorrow and truly thank the Lord for every great thing he has given us, our friends our family, shelter, food, warm clothing, a chance each and everyday to let people know just how much they mean to us.  You see why is it we have to designate a day such as Thanksgiving to celebrate the blessings in our lives, to tell the people around us that we are thankful for them, we should be doing this everyday, but as we all know life gets in the way, selfishness takes over and inevitably the things we set out to do get replaced with the same old way we always have done things.

How about this year we make a promise to have a heart of Thanksgiving, when we are talking with a friend say a little prayer of thanks, when you are surrounded by all the family members you love and some take some extra "special" love, why don't you tell them how much they mean to you.  When your home and it's just another "night as usual" say thanks, because you've got to remember that somewhere not so far away there is someone else praying for the very thing you take for granted.  If you are faithful with the "small" things then you will be trusted with more, but how about this, how about we  stop thinking about all the things we don't have and all the things we wish we had, and start thinking about all the things we DO have.

I hope you all have a very Thankful Thanksgiving and truly remember how much you do have to be thankful for.  Enjoy some pumpkin pie for me unless your eating healthy then don't  ; D I bid you all a farewell till tomorrow!

Warm Regards,
Candace

Broccoli Salad

1 cup of Mayo
2 shrubs of Broccoli chopped
6 strips of Bacon chopped
3/4 cup shredded Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese
1/2 cup Sunflower Seeds

Mix all ingredients and chill in fridge for a few hours to marinate flavors, Enjoy : D