editor’s note
Happy Thanksgiving from the staff of All About Women – Sherrie Norris (standing), Kelsey Steller, Jennifer Canosa and Meleah Petty. Photo by Gene Fowler
I am thankful November seems to be a period of transition for many of us as, once again, we begin to consider the purpose of celebrating the fourth Thursday of this month as a national holiday. It’s so easy to pack up the office on the Wednesday afternoon prior and head out the door with a “Happy Thanksgiving” aimed at anyone and everyone in our path. Are we any more or less thankful in November than we are in June? Why not celebrate Thanksgiving every month? We certainly have enough blessings to go around the calendar and I feel sure most of us do express our gratitude on a regular basis. For what do you have to be thankful? How do we count the ways? I am blessed with a wonderful family that loves me, despite my idiosyncrasies (my “peculiarities” for those who are wondering — and there are several). Besides a few extra pounds that love me so much they refuse to leave me, I think I’m relatively healthy. I have a comfortable home that stays warm in the winter and
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cool in the summer, nestled next to the New River where the beauty of nature is at its height four seasons out of the year. I have a job that I’ve been told is a ministry, of sorts, and I am thankful that I can help spread good news about people, places and things and hopefully, help inspire someone along the way. I can see, hear, touch, smell and taste. I can walk and talk, (the latter at a much greater speed than the former), and I am blessed with some of the greatest people in the world who I call friends. I am thankful for life, in general, and for much more than I’ve mentioned above. Space will not allow me to include all that comes to my mind and heart. I had the opportunity a few weeks ago to interview Richard Sterban, that great bass singer with the Oak Ridge Boys, who said something that puts it all in perspective: “We’ve been very blessed, but with that blessing, comes a responsibility to give back.” So, when I say Happy Thanksgiving to you, I really mean it. Be happy — for all you have been given and all you can give back.