Happiest of Thanksgivings to YOU!

This day filled with joy and thanksgiving also starts my holiday melancholy rolling. I am so mixed up. I am eager to see family, anticipating the many delicacies and flavors of the day, and joyful in the little details of all the holiday traditions. However, all tied up with that, is the sorrow over those who have gone to heaven. Sometimes, all those mixed up emotions come out in a poem.

I am Thankful

By Elizabeth Traff

I am thankful for good days,

Thankful for bad

Blessings unfold

Whether happy or sad

Joy in abundance

Comes from above

Peace everlasting

Sacrificial love

I am thankful for family

Thankful for friends

Blessings untold

When love extends

Beyond the walls

Of my own safe space

Into the world

All over the place

I am thankful for big hands

Thankful for small

Blessings unfold

Connecting us all

Hands reach and lift

They hug and caress

We hang on together

And get through each mess

I am thankful for life

Thankful for death

Blessings untold

This life to the next

Separation brings longing

Aching and tears

Leaning on Jesus

Casting my fears

Growing and learning

Becoming like Him

Death becomes life

This life becomes dim

And I am so thank FULL…

Amen and amen!

May your Thanksgiving overflow with every good and perfect gift from above!