A Thanksgiving Wish

We all tend to take for granted what we are thankful for. This wonderful time of the year, I wanted to share with my foodie friends some of things I'll be giving thanks for this years:

1) Good friends and family
2) The ability to be able to enjoy a comfortable life
3) The joy of good food
4) Those who have the creativity in this fair city to provide us with the wonderful aray of food we have
5) The value of a genuine smile

From my home to your's, may all the blessings, large and small, of Thanksgiving be your's all year long.

Nice post...I just would like to add to thank the Lord for all got and remember him at your thankgiving feast as the one who provided for you...

[Robin Garr]

From my home to your's, may all the blessings, large and small, of Thanksgiving be your's all year long.

Thanks, Bill. All the best of Thanksgiving and the entire holiday season to you and yours, and to all our LouisvilleHotBytes pals!

I will thank the people in my life, as well as the people in this world who worked to make all this glorious food available. You know, real entities.

I will thank the people in my life, as well as the people in this world who worked to make all this glorious food available. You know, real entities.

I was just going to say....

Well, first, I expressed to my husband last night that we all need to make his very aged and ailing mother understand how important she's been in our lives. That she has made a difference in the world. That she's been a wonderful mother and friend. That she will be missed when she's gone. Too many of us, I think, are afraid to tell people they'll be missed. We tiptoe around the issue. I think it must make the elderly and infirm and dying feel very alone.

Hug yer family. Tell 'em you love 'em.

[Robin Garr]

... Too many of us, I think, are afraid to tell people they'll be missed. We tiptoe around the issue. I think it must make the elderly and infirm and dying feel very alone.

Hug yer family. Tell 'em you love 'em.

Very well said, and thanks.

I touched on a similar feeling and offered similar advice in a non-holiday context in this recent article:

Farewell to a friend

... Too many of us, I think, are afraid to tell people they'll be missed. We tiptoe around the issue. I think it must make the elderly and infirm and dying feel very alone.

Hug yer family. Tell 'em you love 'em.

Very well said, and thanks.

I touched on a similar feeling and offered similar advice in a non-holiday context in this recent article:

Farewell to a friend

I suppose I could be Steve Magruder for a minute or two....

That was a lovely column, Robin. I'm fortunate to have close family and good friends to miss, and over the years we've all made a concentrated effort to let each other know how much we love each other.

Have a fabulous Thanksgiving.

We hope everyone has a wonderfull holiday, full of family, good friends, great food. (Wait for it...it's coming!) In your festivities please take a moment to remember the military, police, fire, EMS, medical and all the other folk who work on the holidays for your safety and health. They may be away from their family for the day, but they want to serve the public and do so out of a commitment to their professions. After many years of complaining about working the holidays, I am not able to this year (only, I hope!) and now will miss it. I will say a prayer for my EMS bretheren and all the others working Thanksgiving and hope you all will join in for a few moments on Thursday.

Now, when do we start posting those leftover recipes?

I would like to second Suzi's sentiment, and add that it's this time of year that I miss my Marines the most - it makes me want to go back. Additionally, we should not forget to be thankful for, and ever more understanding of, those in our own service industry. Those that are working long hours tomorrow, and over the next couple of months, to make sure that everything we've come to associate with this season goes off without a hitch. On more than one occasion in holidays past, I've overheard individuals acting out their frustrations on serving staff, and feeling justified because, "That's the job they chose." The job chosen makes one no less deserving of respect, especially when the chips are down - and this time of year that happens alot. Please, be patient with service staff this time of year, especially while making merry. Happy holidays.

Everyone be safe!

OK, without being too sappy or kiss a**y, let me add to the usual list of things and people to be grateful for...

I'm grateful for all you folks that regularly contribute to this forum. Time after time I read something here to reaffirm my hope for society at large. Here I meet others that share a sense of responsibility to our community, an outrage for injustice or sometimes a simple feeling of compassion for those in need. Almost all here are activists in some way, actually doing and participating, not just wandering aimlessly allowing others to take care of business. Perhaps it's the nature of people in the biz to be that way or maybe it's just this forum's population - I don't know. Not many of you stand idle without some sort of contribution. I don't always agree with some of you but at least the arguments are well thought out and thought provoking. Robin, thank you for this forum; it's a great gathering of minds and I appreciate your work that makes it possible.