A Time for Thanks

But, despite our lack of a Thanksgiving celebration, I didn't want the time to
pass without extending my thanks and gratitude to you. I have treasured you as a
subscriber (some of you for nearly a decade, believe it or not!) and want you to
know that as I count my blessings at this time of year, I count you among them.
You have been so supportive of me, both personally and professionally, in the
past year.

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, rather than sharing an article with you today, I
wanted to share a Thanksgiving prayer that I discovered online. Be warned — it
might make you a bit hungry!

A Prayer Of Thanksgiving
by Max Coots

Let us give thanks for a bounty of people.

For generous friends…with hearts as big as hubbards and smiles as bright as
their blossoms;

For feisty friends as tart as apples;

For continuous friends, who, like scallions and cucumbers, keep reminding us we
had them;

For crotchety friends, as sour as rhubarb and as indestructible;

For handsome friends, who are as gorgeous as eggplants and as elegant as a row
of corn — and the others — as plain as potatoes, and so good for you.

For funny friends, who are as silly as brussels sprouts and as amusing as
Jerusalem artichokes, and serious friends as complex as cauliflowers and as
intricate as onions;

For friends as unpretentious as cabbages, as subtle as summer squash, as
persistent as parsley, as delightful as dill, as endless as zucchini, and who –
like parsnips — can be counted on to see you through the long winter;

For old friends, nodding like sunflowers in the evening-time, and young friends
coming on as fast as radishes;

For loving friends, who wind around as like tendrils, and hold us despite our
blights, wilts, and witherings;

And finally, for those friends now gone, like gardens past, that have been
harvested – but who fed us in their times that we might have life thereafter;

For all these we give thanks.

Amen.