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The History of Black Friday started much earlier

Then people think . The day after Thanksgiving has

Been the season of Christmas , since the 19th century

When Abraham Lincoln decided the Thanksgiving holiday

Would be the Thursday in November .

The day after Thanksgiving was not call Black Friday then .

The name was associated with Sept 24 , 1809 . Two speculators

James Gould and James Gisk created a boon and - bust in gold

Prices , A stock…

Our Father , giver of life and joy , who

Is like youn, O LORD THAT WE WOULD

COME WITH OUR PRAISES , YOU NEED

NOT THESE WORDS FOR YOU FORMED

OUR LIPS . WHAT IS A.MAN THAT YOU

SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF HIM .

YOU OSN THE LIVES OF ALL THA

INHABIT THE EARTH .

YOUR POWE LOVE ARE SEEN

IN THE BOUNTY OF THE SEASON

WE GATHER THIS DAY AROUND

THE TABLE LADEN WITH FOOD

THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT FORTH

WE BOW BEFOR YOU WITH HUMBLE…

Over there a soldiers thinking

Of a time not long ago

When his loved ones got together

‘‘Twas thanksgiving day you know

Over there a soldiers dreaming

Of a turkey baked just right

Mashed potatoes , golden gravey

Chestnut dressing , pure delight

Over there a soldiers hungry

Fo whipped cream and pumpkin pie

Squares of cornbread , rust so tender

Homemade biscuits stacked up high

Over there a soldiers wishing

He…

In the years to come Thayer will say

They fell like the leaves in the nineteen

Thirty nine . November has come to the

Forest . The meadows where we pick the

The cyclamen .

The year fades with the white frost .

On the brown hedge in the lazy

Meadows .

Where the deer track were black

In the morning ,

Ice forms in the shadows

Disheveled maple hang over the water ,

Deep gold sunlight ,

On the shurken stream…

Thanksgiving Eve had a come again

Outside a blustery chill

A tiny boy of six years old

Came crashing down the hill

The leaves did scatter , brown and orang

How fearsome was the sight

Of Franklin Tom , the Turkey Beast

Screeching through the night.

The grownup gathered so cozy

Drinking and baking the pies

Finally off work ,,,,,,if they have to at all

The Pilgrims were filling with wine

Children ran wild into the night…

Thanksgiving Eve had a come again

Outside a blustery chill

A tiny boy of six years old

Came crashing down the hill

The leaves did scatter , brown and orang

How fearsome was the sight

Of Franklin Tom , the Turkey Beast

Screeching through the night.

The grownup gathered so cozy

Drinking and baking the pies

Finally off work ,,,,,,if they have to at all

The Pilgrims were filling with wine

Children ran wild into the night…

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We walk on starry fields of white

And do not see the daisies

For blessings common in our site

We sigh for some supreme delight

To crown our lives with splendor

And quite our favorite store

Of pleasure sweet and tender .

Are care our bold and push their way

Upon our thoughts and feeling

They hank about us all the day

Our time from pleasure stalealing

So unobtrusive may a joy

We pass by and forget it

But worry…

My prayer for everyone through the holidays is this

May you have compassion Mary had , and the

Understanding Joseph had , and the blessings

Of the Christ Child be yours . Not because of his

Birth long ago,but because his love is born in you

Today . As I give thanks for the greatest gifts, Christ

Love born in me . I experience. A renewed awareness

Of compassion , understanding , and oneness . I rekindle

My dedication to being to being a…

Gratitude is framed our days throughout the year , Our gratitude expands

To all things , so as we lrt our thoughts of thanks radiate out to bless bless

Everything in our life . As we give thanks for the love of family and friends ,

Our circle of loving relationships enlarge to allow for even more experience

Of love and deeper satisfaction . As we give thanks fo TGE successes in our

Life , as well as the big ones we open the way for new , great or…

Freedom is powerful , it is a gift to be thankful for and treasure .

Sometimes we forget the preciousness of our freedom it is easy

To take for granted . We may not be fully aware of just how many

Men and women have paid dearly for their freeedom for us to enjoy

It . For all those who gave protected our nation , for the men and women

In uniform we say , THANK YOU ,

We thank you for the ultimate freedom you have given to us , better then

Any…

You may not know me the time we meet ,

I’m just another you see on the street ,

But I am the reason you walk and breath free ,

I am the reason to your liberty .

I AM A VETERAN

I work in the local factory all day

I own the restaurant just down the way

I sell you insurance just down the way ,

I star your IV .

And have the best looking grandchildren

You ever did see .

I’m your grocer , backer, teacher , I’m your…

PARTIES , PRESENTS ,PAGEANTS , CAN BE POWERFUL

EXPERIENCE FOR GIVING AND RECEIVING LOVE ❤️

LOOK CLOSELY THROUGH AND YOU WILL DISCOVER

SUBTLER REMINDERS THAT GOD LOVE ❤️ IS BORN IN US .

JUST AS IT WAS BORN IN JESUS 2000YRS. AGO .

OUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY IS NOT UNLIKE JOSEPH AND MARY ,

TREK TO BETHLEHEM .SOMETIMES IT CAN BE ARDOUS ,CHAOTIC,

AND EVEN SCARY , BUT INHERENT IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE IS A

DIVINE CAPACITY TO TRUST ,

AS WE INVOKE ARE…

Grateful frames my days throughout the entire year ,

My gratitude exspands to all things ,as I let my thoughts

Of thanks go out to bless everything in my life .

As I give thanks for ❤️ and family , friends , my circle

Of loving relationships enlarges to allow for even more

Expressions of love and satisfaction , I give thanks for

Tthe little success as well as my big ones , and I open the

Way to new adventure , and exspanding supply . I give…

It has been said that a friend is someone who

Knows the truth for you until you can know it for

Yourself . As I pray for others, my intentions is not

To solve problems , but simply to know the truth , to

See the situation rightly .

As I reach a prayer request , I remember that the one who

I’m praying for is an expression of God , made in his image

And likeness , As I pray for healing , I affirm Gods life expression ,

As I pray for…

MY GIFT TO ELAINE AND ALL

“I Am Leaf”

I Am but a Leaf, Floating in a Pond; Moving with the Wave, Ripples make a Sway.



Are you Duck?

Calm above,

Pedal Fast below?

Across Pond ripples Flow.



Are you the Swan,

Swimming in your…

LEARN THE VALUE OF GRATITUDE , I WAS RAISED BY A

LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST AND RELATIONSHIP EXPERTS

WHO. CLIENTS INCLUDE THE BEST , WHENEVER WE PASSED

SOMETHING OUTSIDE THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL , MY MOTHER WOULD

ALWAYSS SAY “” HELLO GOD “”” WHEN I TOOK A. ATH SHE WOULD REMIND

ME THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD DONT HAVE HOT WATER . SHE

WANTED US TO BE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OUR BLESSINGS , BOTH BIG AND

SMALL , I WAS YOUNG AND DID NOT WANT ANYONE TO THINK I DID ANY…

Being thankful framed my day throughout the year

It expands to all things , so I let my thought of thanks

Radiate , out to bless everything in my life .

As I give thanks for the love of family and friends

My circle of loving relationship enlarger to allow

For even more expressions of love and deeper satisfaction .

I givd thanks for my little successes as well as my big ones ,

And I open the way for knew , greater ventures and…

Einstein challenged us to expand our hearts

By widening our circle of compassion to ebrace

All living. Creatures and the. Whole of nature in the

Beauty , While this May not alignment with what the

World says is expedient. Even to all those that are not

Always agreeable. Or pleasant for me to love .,

In this moment , I reflect on someone I might have cast out of

My heart or a group or a group of people I hold as being differentb

From me . I…

Jesus taught his disciples how to turn

Within themselves to focus on peace .

In his worst hours , he slipped away to the

Garden of Gethsemane to be apart , not

Only physically but mentally , from all distraction .

When we lose touch with our inner peace we can

Turn within to the garden of our heart , our inner

Sactuary where peace resides , Focusing on our breath

We a affirm and inhale , as we say I breath in peace , I

Breath in…