My family is amazing. I am so blessed to have a family who loves God, enjoys being together, and loves one another. We play games, eat enough food to feed a small army, and laugh until our sides hurt.
Growing up, this is how I thought most people spent Thanksgiving. This is what families did, and everyone had a family, so this is normal. As I grew up, I realized this is not the case. Most families are not this way and not everyone has a family.
For some reason, this was on my heart specifically this year. I felt so blessed to be in a room full of people who God gave me and loved me and I felt very thankful. But I felt very sad. I realized how many kids, teenagers, adults, elderly were spending it alone or in the midst of brokenness. I thought of the widows, the parents, the children, the siblings who had to spend their first holiday without their loved one.
And so I sent a prayer up to my God and I told Him thank You. Thank You for my life, thank You for my family, thank You for everything. And then I prayed for those who were hurting on this day. I prayed for those who were broken, sad, lonely.
I learned a lot about being thankful
...Or, as the Italians say it, grato...
I do hope your Thanksgiving was as wonderful as mine.
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