Thankful at Thanksgiving

I have so many things to be Thankful for all year long. However, like most people, I really get to thinking about it more at this time of year. We are all so blessed to have family that is still with us and friends that are like family.
This past week we lost a wonderful man, Jimmy Brown. He was a first cousin to my Mom and he treated all of us girls like we were his. LOL...he was a mess. He WILL be missed.
We all met at a family dinner that had already been planned for months, the day after his memorial. You could see the love that the family had for his wife and children and grand and great grandchildren. They too were able to be happy. Even though Jimmy was gone physically, his memory was just everywhere. It was truly a good thing. I am Thankfull for being in that family.
I am so very Thankful that I have my Dad, my Sisters, my huband, my Children and Grand children, my nieces and nephews, cousins, aunts and uncles that are still with us. Some of us are still a little rough around the edges, but we are who we are and we should be loved because of who we are, not what someone wants us to be. That is how I was raised. I hope that I have passed that on to my children. Just because someone doesn't do things the way we do does not make them a bad person to be around, they are just different. We can all learn from others.
Because of the people that have been in my life I am who I am. Each person in our lives contributes to us in one way or the other. I hope that I have contributed to each of your lives in a good way.
Be Thankful here at Thanksgiving time, but remember to be THANKFUL ALL YEAR LONG.
Let's make some Memories this Thanksgiving to last us a while....
Grammie