This past year has been kind of a journey for my family, which is saying something because we have moved many times over the years.....this was our 17th move over 27 years of marriage..... all for work except for this last one...this one was for us..... and our first Thanksgiving after the move for for us was crazy with no kitchen and even being a few days late..... which was hard because my wife just LOVES Thanksgiving.... to her it is the ultimate act of sharing....to sit down and celebrate overcoming the challenges of the past and looking forward with faith of a better tomorrow...... this experience got us thinking about all of the divisive talk about that first Thanksgiving the pilgrims had all those years ago so we wanted to do a little research about it.........
Well as we researched the pilgrims and their ancestors we discovered a personal connection. I have direct ancestral lines to 10 of the pilgrims on the Mayflower and who participated in that first Thanksgiving......my Wife has lines to 14 different pilgrims.....so our kids have a combined 24 ancestral lines .... one of my wife’s was one of the first Thanksgiving “cooks” in the kitchen preparing for a celebration of faith for a better future.....
After this discovery, I now have a deeper understanding of my wife’s drive to have the “perfect” thanksgiving under any circumstance.....our last one certainly wasn’t our “best cooked” one but it will never be forgotten! It’s an amazing thing what a meal can do for spirit and happiness of ones soul.....
It also got me wondering if the pilgrims had any idea (as they signed the Mayflower Pact) of the Country that would be founded or the Constitution that would be written for that Country or the freedom and better life of the many that followed would have because of their desires to have freedom and the faith it took to reach for it........ I for one believe that there was a Divine hand in preparing a way for this land of liberty and freedom to be available for all that followed.... I also believe it is up us to remember, share, and teach of the hopes, dreams, and faith of those who were in search of a better life!
So as we each sit down over what ever meal we have with the company we keep (many, few, or even one), I encourage everyone to reflect on the past with a forward looking future of faith and hope that tomorrow will bring freedom and prosperity to all that seek it.... May Gods Blessings be on this land and all those that search for freedom!
Well as we researched the pilgrims and their ancestors we discovered a personal connection. I have direct ancestral lines to 10 of the pilgrims on the Mayflower and who participated in that first Thanksgiving......my Wife has lines to 14 different pilgrims.....so our kids have a combined 24 ancestral lines .... one of my wife’s was one of the first Thanksgiving “cooks” in the kitchen preparing for a celebration of faith for a better future.....
After this discovery, I now have a deeper understanding of my wife’s drive to have the “perfect” thanksgiving under any circumstance.....our last one certainly wasn’t our “best cooked” one but it will never be forgotten! It’s an amazing thing what a meal can do for spirit and happiness of ones soul.....
It also got me wondering if the pilgrims had any idea (as they signed the Mayflower Pact) of the Country that would be founded or the Constitution that would be written for that Country or the freedom and better life of the many that followed would have because of their desires to have freedom and the faith it took to reach for it........ I for one believe that there was a Divine hand in preparing a way for this land of liberty and freedom to be available for all that followed.... I also believe it is up us to remember, share, and teach of the hopes, dreams, and faith of those who were in search of a better life!
So as we each sit down over what ever meal we have with the company we keep (many, few, or even one), I encourage everyone to reflect on the past with a forward looking future of faith and hope that tomorrow will bring freedom and prosperity to all that seek it.... May Gods Blessings be on this land and all those that search for freedom!
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