From P.I.E. to P.I.G.

A Thankful day it is by tradition
But sincere words, really, are my mission

With Laughter and Love, Struggles and Strife
Family and friends, they bless my life

There are some I miss, A turn they have made
Which is ok...the memory has stayed

For those that remain, and let me be near
I love you so much and hold you so dear

I wish I could show how deeply I feel this
With simple typed words, there's something a miss

So with arms outstretched and a felt smile I'll say
I hope you have the best Thanksgiving Day

I often wonder if most people truly feel the reasons for certain seasons. Ok so that is cliche a bit but really I do wonder. Or are they just going through the motions of cooking the bird and feeling some sort of inconvenience at company overtaking their home? Obligated to attend some invitation, merely cause they have nothing else to do? Do they get what it is? How short and momentary our lives are? How each person in our personal sphere holds an amazing value? I feel them so deeply. It is not that I don't think on or feel these types of feelings all year round...I do. But there is so much emphasis on it all when there is a day meant for it, specifically. I take advantage of the opportunity, in my own simple way I guess, to show what cannot be expressed with each passing day.

I love my family and friends. From the kookiest to the most conservative of them. It sounds so simple to say. It is just a four letter word. But ya know, what it expresses for me, is huge. Maybe that word "love" itself, is a lesson in and of itself? It expresses a feeling that we often complicate and make these consuming issues out of. But it really is so simple. If we just let it be what it is. Anyway...

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours...