Happy Thanksgiving

by the Left Coast Rebel

This Thanksgiving for me is different. The presence of family is forgone because my Mom has a compromised immune system. But I am thankful beyond words that she is healed. I thank God for the answer to prayer. I am thankful for my wife and her love and support through our family's struggle. I am thankful for the gift of life, the most precious gift of all.

I am thankful to live in a free country and to have a strong voice against those who would change that. I am thankful to have the strength and wisdom to fight to my dying breath for that. I am thankful to have so many friends that would do the same. I am thankful for our country's heritage and for the origin of the need to give thanks; a special day of such.

From Kook's Manifesto:

Our nation was founded by people who were fleeing tyranny and religious persecution. They boarded small ships and set sail on a perilous journey across rough waters to arrive in a land where they had nothing. They knew many would not survive what was to come, and yet they were thankful to the creator. Thankful for the opportunity that they felt had been bestowed on them to be able to make that trip. Thankful that they would soon be able to live in a land and make their own way free from an over bearing and all too intrusive government that had long since quit serving their needs. Everything that they were to have was to come from the blood sweat and tears and their labors to tame the land and bend it to their will. Mistakes were certainly made, lives were lost, and yet, they were still thankful. The thanks that they gave as they grew and prospered was to their creator and to their fellow man.

Give thanks today, say a little prayer. Hug a loved one and enjoy. Take not for granted your family, your health, your life and your freedom. For as soon as you may, it just might be gone.

Happy Thanksgiving!