NOVEMBER --- A Month For Giving Thanks!

NOVEMBER IS known for two of our country's more significant holidays --- Veterans Day and Thanksgiving Day. First, we give thanks to our veterans for their service and sacrifice. Second, we give thanks to GOD for the many blessing that we so often take for granted. For some, Veterans Day is merely a day off and Thanksgiving is bonus coverage of all-day long NFL football games. But that's OK. Americans fought and died to secure GOD's gift of freedom. Freedom to go to a ceremony or a parade --- or not. Freedom to gather with family and friends for a special feast or volunteer to serve dinner to the hungry --- or not. And since we're smack-dab in the middle of both of these special days, why not adopt a meaningful title for the month. NOVEMBER --- A Month For Giving Thanks! Funny thing about veterans though, most appreciate the recognition but also shy away from the 'Thanks' thing. They were merely doing what other patriotic Americans had done before them --- their fathers and grandfathers, and more increasingly, their sisters and mothers. I'm thankful that I had the freedom to write this. Anyone who happens to run across it has the freedom to read it --- or not. They have the freedom to think about it --- or not. For someone wondering about the number of shopping days til Christmas, you might want to check out a different BLOG --- or not!