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| So THANKFUL for my beautiful Mom (center) and Aunts. |
Driving home from work Wednesday
night before Thanksgiving, my eyes caught the McDonald’s restaurant
signboard. They were advertising a “Big Breakfast Thanksgiving morning.” A
question quickly came to mind. “Who would go to McDonald’s for this big breakfast
Thanksgiving morning?” I answered myself almost immediately, with an envious reflection,
“Probably anyone who doesn’t have a ton of cleaning, cooking and baking to do.”
I had worked late, I was tired,
and a bit cranky. But then, my thoughts were on to something else. I think I
reviewed all the ingredients I purchased earlier, making sure before I drove
all the way home, I hadn’t forgotten anything.
To me, Thanksgiving has
always been about thanking God for His blessings in my life the past year.
However, this morning, I remembered McDonald’s sign and I got to thinking about
the people who just might have attended the “Big Breakfast” feast. Were they
people who were much more prepared for this “holiday” than I was? Could this
have been their Thanksgiving tradition, to have breakfast out before beginning
the day’s activities? Or, were they people without family and the “McDonald’s
Gang” was their family? Maybe this was the only Thanksgiving
celebration they would have that day.
Maybe it’s all they could afford.
