I wanted to post something wonderful yesterday... didn't, mostly because what I wanted to post is not possible for me to achieve. There is a beautiful song, sung and written by John McCutcheon, that is perfect for this season. Sadly, it seems there is no video version anywhere on the web and I don't know how to post an audio file here. Have a listen, here.
All that to say, here's a beautiful song poem offering for the season...
Thanksgiving Day
words and music by John McCutcheon & Si Kahn
Thankful for the food, thankful for the company
Thankful for the things that we do and say
Thankful for the friends, thankful for the family
Glad to be together on Thanksgiving Day
On the edge of season here in late November
Autumn nearly over and Winter in the air
We have good reason to pause and remember
The blessings that we share...
Let us remember those gone before us
The ones with the brain and the strength and the might
Showed us the way, laid it before us
Turned the darkness into light...
Thankful for the food, thankful for the company
Thankful for the things that we do and say
Thankful for the friends, thankful for the family
Glad to be together on Thanksgiving Day
Let us imagine those still in waiting
The ones who look so open-eyed
Those who'll one day rise before us
Strong and proud, prepared to guide...
May the ways that we treat others
Be the measure of our worth
May our memory be a blessing
On the future of this earth...
Thankful for the food, thankful for the company
Thankful for the things that we do and say
Thankful for the friends, thankful for the family
Glad to be together on Thanksgiving Day
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