THANKSGIVING

Another holiday approaching and I'm wondering where the year has gone again. I guess it's true when they say life happens when you are making other plans. I haven't accomplished as much as I wanted to this year and probably won't before 2012 comes.
But all in all it hasn't been a bad year. Some bumps in the road and some illness for various members of my family, but all have recovered.
I went to the library the other day and every time I go I never get less than 10 or 15 books. It makes me feel so rich and I have stated to build my own library of paperbacks of my favorite books. The local bookseller is going out of business in November so I want to get as many as possible.
While I was doing that another thought came to mind along with some others.
This year my Thanksgiving list is longer.
I am thankful for:
1. My friends and family
2. That I live in a country where I have free access to any reading material I wish and it is not censored.
3. That my grandchildren live in a country that offers free education to all without prejudice.
4. That they are not in the middle of a war zone.
5. I am grateful that they have enough to eat and warm beds to sleep in.
6. More importantly that I have the Constitution of the United States that grants me and the children of this country a lot of rights that many other countries do not have for their people.
I could go on and on with more to be grateful about, but my main purpose was to get you all to thinking about something more than turkey and all the good food we stuff ourselves with on this holiday.
So use this day to enjoy all of that which you have living in a country that is the land of the free and the home of the brave.