Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving Day There’s something about Thanksgiving Day That makes living worthwhile With thankfulness for home and family. While the children are outside playing, The adults are bustling and fussing around, Preparing and cooking food in the kitchen, Which suckles the palate and warms my heart And makes me happy to witness. With the gobbler in the oven And pumpkin pies chilling, The aroma is delicious. “Stay out of the way!” they say. There are moments in life When it’s best to become invisible, And so I join the others in the living room Who are chatting away and watching television. To hear the sound of the table setting As we sit and wait, anticipating, and then, Heard over the chatter and TV, “Dinner’s ready!” There’s something about so grand a meal Of turkey and all of its trimmings shared with family That makes me grateful and sleepy after eating. And as I doze off, I contemplate the future: “Without God in our lives, where would we be?”