Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S. and across the nation families are gathering around shared meals, football games, or other traditions that they cherish. We are doing the same and are also prepping for the shopping madness that is Black Friday (now starting on Thanksgiving night).
But as we all settle into our various family activities I'd like to remember with y'all that not everyone is able to 'come home' for the holidays. There are those who don't have traditional homes to go back to (hurricane victims, homeless, orphans, etc). There are those who are out there protecting the rest of us as we celebrate (cops, firefighters, ER staff, soldiers, and more). Can we take at least a minute to be thankful to all those who try to make these holidays special for all of these people? I am thankful for the volunteers, the coworkers, the adopt-a-soldier families and classrooms, and anyone else who takes the time to do something to recognize these people during the holidays.
I don't have any Thanksgiving pictures from any of the deployments but the Christmas and New Years ones give you a pretty good idea of what our group did to keep the happy times going. I also happen to not have pictures of those volunteers who sent packages full of holiday goodies to soldiers, or of soup kitchen workers, but I'm sure y'all can find someone you know who has been that heart of kindness previously.
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