Writer's Workshop - Thanksgiving is a gift

Now it’s your turn!

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The Prompts:

1.) Share a Thanksgiving recipe you will be cooking up this week.

2.) What traditions do you carry on with your family each year?

3.) A favorite Thanksgiving memory.

4.) Write a poem about something you’re thankful for this Thanksgiving.

5.) Who is cooking the turkey you will be eating for Thanksgiving this year? Share a memory that makes you smile when you think of this person.

I chose number 4.)  to write a poem.  

Thanksgiving is a Gift

by Patricia A Pitterle

The turkey is eaten, the children are fed

Football is over I'm ready for bed.

The table is cleared now the dishes are done

The children are gathered to watch Christmas reruns!

The house is all quiet ,the day is complete

The guests have all gone, now I put up my feet.

I have watched as my children have laughed and had fun

They've eaten enough and Thanksgiving is done.

But wait just a moment, who says it must go?

This is the thing I would like you to know.

Remember your blessings, count them every day.

By seeking His goodness you will find His way.  

He never leaves you, you are not alone

No matter that right now you feel on your own.  

So spend time to acknowledge His love in your life

See His blessings surround you as you walk through your strife.

Make this moment a gift that you give to His Son.

The gift of your seeing just what He has done.

Remember the lepers, there were ten cleansed that day.

But only one faced the Savior his "thank you" to say.  

Don't be like the nine with gratitude unexpressed

Leaving His presence and none would attest

His hand in their healing, His eyes on their souls,

His heart on their reaching, His love made them whole.

Gratitude isn't something that just comes once a year

It lives in your heart, it should be always near.

So look for your blessings, acknowledge they're there

Just open your eyes, look around you, and share.

By seeing the goodness in the midst of your trials

You'll find joy in the journey and after awhile  

Thanksgiving won't be a day that is just sun to sun.

It's a gift that you give Him after all He has done.