HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE.
This time of year is always hard on me. It has been sense 1982 when my father died just a week before Thanksgiving, and it has not gotten any better this year. I lost a friend just a couple days ago. That would be enough to take the edge off anyone's holiday happy if you let it. The thing is at this time of year we need to think about what we still have rather then dwelling on what we have lost.
That is why this Thanksgiving I would like to tell you all what I am thankful for. I am thankful my nephew is back out of the hospital and thank you all for praying for him. He is not out of the woods yet but he is some better. I am thankful for all my real friends the ones that stand by me no matter how nuts I get. They catch me when I fall, lift me up when I am down. They tell me the truth when I need to hear it and know I will not hold it against them if they say it out of love. I am thankful for my family. Most of them are very good to me. I am just sorry we can not spend more time together. I am thankful for people who go out of their way to help people in need and ask nothing in return. I am also thankful that there are still more of them then those that try to destroy things and people. I am thankful I got Christmas shopping done BEFORE black Friday. lol I hate crowds. I am thankful that I have learned to rise above people that try to put me down to make themselves feel better. I am thankful for my neighbors puppy dog she always has a warm welcome for me when I go to their house. I am thankful I have a friend that makes wonderful desserts and shares them with me 
. I am thankful for my friends that always try to help me. It is nice to have friends like that.
Even in the worst of times you can still find things to be thankful for if you look at them and not over them.
