Happy Thanksgiving

More than anything this year, I’m thankful for people. The people who’ve kept our society going, the people who’ve proved to the world that the essential nature of someone’s job does not necessarily correlate with how much they are paid to do said job.

I’m extremely thankful for healthcare workers. Doctors, Nurses, Therapists, EMTs, Dentists, Surgeons, Counselors… every single health care worker who’s continued to do their work to look out for the health and well being of the general public through this weird, unprecedented time… in a lot of ways putting themselves in harms way to do so.

I’m thankful for bosses who were able to coordinate their employees working from home. I’m thankful for employees who turned into full time teachers and finally realized just how not easy it is to be a teacher. I’m thankful for a government that leapt into action to ensure that people had programs and funding options available if they needed it, even though they knew some could/would likely take advantage of the system. They knew that looking after the many was far more important than worrying about the few in the heat of the moment.

I’m thankful to my parent’s neighbours who continuously brought them food and necessities to try and make them stay home so that they didn’t have to go out and put themselves at risk. With my mom being in remission and my dad having surgery in February, the neighbours did all that they could to try and ensure my parents would stay put and stay healthy.

I’m thankful to the anonymous donor who gave $20,000 to a local women’s shelter about two months back and asked that it be used to pay for the expenses of as many families living there as it could. Whoever they are, wherever they are, that’s some serious generosity to give to a family in the middle of a crisis of their own in the middle of this pandemic.

I’m thankful to the oodles and oodles of people who read this blog and give me pep talks, send me kind words, leave me motivational notes or just reach out to see if I am okay. I think on some level everyone wants to know they’ll be missed if they were suddenly not to show up. The fact that so many people reach out to me, even if it’s just two or three days that I don’t sign on here, it’s a very nice feeling. So thank you to all of you.

I’m thankful for family and friends. Oh, my friends. They’ve heard me cry, they’ve helped me through some of the hardest times of my life the past year and a half and they never backed away once. I’ve got really incredible friends and I don’t tell them that near often enough.

I’m thankful to the person who gave me the dozen rainbow roses currently sitting in my kitchen windowsill. I’m thankful to the person who so generously, without question, paid my cell phone and credit card bills in February and March when I was so broke I didn’t know where to turn. I’m thankful to person who drove through the night to help me move, so that I didn’t have to do it alone. Some things, small gestures or large, they’ll stay with you forever.

I’m thankful to those who wear masks, who keep their distance, who say no to attending parties, weddings, vacations and who understand that precautionary measures are not about you, they’re about everyone. While the selfish might be one’s making the headlines on the news each night, there’s been a whole lot of selflessness this year that hasn’t been talked about. I see you, I appreciate you and I admire you. Thank you for what you’ve done.

In spite of all of the bad that has happened this year, there’s also been a lot of good as well. I’m going to have a new niece or nephew soon. I’ve got a new job, something that’s challenged me in ways I never thought possible. I’ve got a new home, a new car, a new life essentially. And hey, I may not have done much more than stay home the past eight months, but it’s been one hell of a ride.

It’s October 12th and it’s snowing.

Happy Thanksgiving, world.

44 thoughts on “Happy Thanksgiving”

    1. Though you’re not here in Canada, I know you’re just across the border from me these days. Sending you a thanksgiving holler from the Canadian side of the border ❀

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  5. It is so evident that this comes from your heart. I love it. I too am grateful for the country we live in and the people that call it home. Happy Thanksgiving. No snow here but I’m ok with that. ox

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  8. Yeah! Happy Thanksgiving ✨✨
    I am sitting in my balcony while reading this while I see countless people not wearing masks….😯
    Truly, the health care professional…they are always gonna be the hero!

    ✨❀️✨ enjoy gurrrll!

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    1. Second Monday in October vs fourth Thursday of November. Interesting, I didn’t realise both countries celebrated it and on very different days. Thanksgiving AND Christmas… I’d worry that it would cheapen Christmas, lol. So close to Halloween, too.

      If next month goes the way you want it I’ll be celebrating thanksgiving too, haha. Though I’ve realised that he’d still have 2 months to press the nuclear button. Damn. Too much warning.

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    2. The initial creation of the holiday being in October was to celebrate and give thanks to the end of our growing season. Because Canadian growing season is much shorter than our neighbours to the South, Thanksgiving is celebrated in October.

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  23. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones.

    β€œThe heart that gives thanks is a happy one, for we cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time.” β€” Douglas Wood

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