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Hello Friends!
Can you believe Thanksgiving is tomorrow?
We will be having two dinners this year.
  My family always has dinner at 12:30pm.
So we we will be going to my sisters for
our first feast.
Our second feast will be at dear FIL's.
He wants to host us this year.
My already fat belly will be fatter tomorrow. LOL

When we gather this Thanksgiving with 
friends and/or family,
let us be reminded of the hardships
the Pilgrims endured back in 1620,
for which this holiday is celebrated.

Leaving their homeland 

because of religious persecution.

Leaving their friends and family.

Leaving the security of their home

to travel into uncertainty. 

Leaving the past to create a new future.

Much the same reasons which the Pioneers

travelled out West in the 1800's.

If they had money, they packed their whole life

inside a covered wagon.

Others had to walk the entire way.

It took anywhere from 6 to 8 months

to reach their destinations.

Some died during river crossings.

Some died from just a fever,

while others died from a snake bite.

Sometimes children died just falling 

out of the wagon,

being trampled by a wagon wheel.

Can you imagine having a baby on a wagon train?

Some foremothers did and most of the time

there was no doctor.

It was a hard journey for both 

the Pilgrims and Pioneers.

So as you sit down to celebrate

your Thanksgiving meal,

please take a moment to remember

the Pilgrims and Pioneers

who forged a new way of life

for each and every one of us.

Without these fearless folks,

we may not be here today.

Happy Thanksgiving Blessings To All!

Janice