'Tis the season to be grateful! I tend to enjoy the holidays, in theory, once all of the food is purchased for the Thanksgiving Day dinner. Baking, cooking, and preparing for family and friends to rest their feet under our table excites me about the holiday. And as long as I keep a running To-Do list so it's not mayhem come Wednesday night, I tend to feel happy about Thanksgiving Day approaching!
This year we're going to start a little tradition at our house. And with the big day just 10 days away, this year's tradition will be the smallest of the years, but better late than never! My friend and I were talking about how an ungrateful spirit is the most frustrating when it comes to our kids. Especially considering all that their parents do for them! So in jest I told her she should have her son sit down every day and write one thing he is thankful for.
"That's a really good idea!" She replied. As I thought about it I had to agree.
"Yeah, I think we'll do that with our kids too! Plus, it's almost Thanksgiving!"
"Then we can have their words presented on Power Point for everyone to see before we eat on Thanksgiving!" She added. That was really funny because I can just see her putting a presentation together on the computer - she's not the most tech-savvy, we both agreed! Plus, who wants to do that kind of thing ON Thanksgiving BEFORE dinner? Yeah, no.
So this is how my family's newest tradition was born. Today when the kids get home I will have a notebook of paper for each of them to write "I am thankful for...." They will do this every day until Thanksgiving and we will have them add to it starting November 1st each year until they are no longer bound by their mother's "you will be grateful" plan. Kids are kids, we all have been there, but I know that if it wasn't planted in me as a child to be thankful for all of God's blessings in my life it would be hard to grasp even as an adult. So this should be a fun, easy way for the kids to be reminded of all that we have and all those we love.
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