I will have to say, this has been an extremely difficult Thanksgiving season for me. It has nothing to do with our heading the efforts to prepare the meal for one-hundred-thirty-five co-workers, but it has everything to do with my mental state.

It would be very easy to NOT be thankful this year. I look back and think, who in their wildest dreams would have predicted what transpired just in the month of June. However, if you take that month from the year, it hasn't been a bad year. It is just that June had such a mammoth effect on so many.

So, after giving myself a lecture, I realize we have so much to be thankful for. Despite the tragedy, there have been victories. Pepa's cancer treatment, new babies on the way, pups, broadened horizons.

And last but not least, I am thankful for those who have enriched our lives with their own and continue to enrich our lives with memories of them.

Have a blessed day.

FATHER I ask that YOU continue to heal our hearts. Forgive me when I am negative. Thank YOU for all our blessings. Praise You, from whom all blessings flow.