This week here in the US we celebrate Thanksgiving.\u00a0 It’s a time for families to get together over what’s usually a comically large amount of food and take time to be thankful for all of our blessings.<\/p>\n
It’s a holiday full of rituals.\u00a0 For some it’s the breaking of the wishbone.\u00a0 For others it’s scouring the Black Friday ads.\u00a0 Some folks have a yearly touch football game in the afternoon.\u00a0 \u00a0Others have a special dessert or side dish that only is prepared once a year.\u00a0 There are folks who spend the day volunteering at shelters or churches. And some who just love catching up with cousins they rarely see.<\/p>\n
No matter what your family’s traditions look like, take a moment this year to really savor them.\u00a0 Take a moment to look around at the folks you share this meal with, whether they be family by blood or by choice\u00a0 Sure, you’ve likely had your disagreements with some- if not all- of them.\u00a0 But chances are these are some of the most important people in your life.\u00a0 Take a minute to really appreciate them.\u00a0 \u00a0The next 6 weeks are going to be a whirlwind of holiday shopping and planning and parties.\u00a0 Make Thanksgiving the day you sit back, relax, and simply count your blessings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This week here in the US we celebrate Thanksgiving.\u00a0 It’s a time for families to get together over what’s usually a comically large amount of food and take time to be thankful for all of our blessings. It’s a holiday full of rituals.\u00a0 For some it’s the breaking of the wishbone.\u00a0 For others it’s scouring the Black Friday ads.\u00a0 Some… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24,27,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice","category-its-all-love","category-warm-fuzzies"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/qtq80-1GQs4i.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}