I am Thankful.

I would hope that in this Thanksgiving season we truly understand how lucky we all are. I don't just mean the people that were affected by the hurricane. I would hope that all can learn from what many have experienced. Hurricane Katrina, The Tsunami, World War 2, The holocaust, The Korean war, The Police action in Vietnam, The 2 Iraqi wars, The attack on the World Trade Centers. The genocides in Uganda, Somalia, Congo, Ethiopia, the Sudan, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Nigeria and Botswana, The war in Afghanistan, homeless Americans throughout our rich country, single mothers, depressed fathers, people that have no families, people who have life altering addictions, people that have cancer. We could fill volumes with ways that things could be so much worse for any one of us.

Take a look around you. If you have family, housing, bread to eat ,and are healthy. Thank whatever higher being that you believe in . If you had been born 100 years ago it would be normal for you not to have a lot of the things that we take for granted. Try living without a car, without air conditioning, without a computer or the internet, no cell phones, a lot less medication. Imagine living with the diseases that plagued us just 100 years ago. 100 years is just a little more than the average expected lifetime of a human being.

Forget all of the petty arguing. Be thankful that on August 29th, the day after hurricane, you weren't sleeping with your kids on I-10 in 98 degree weather and 100% humidity.

We have so much to be thankful for

I love my wife and kids.