A Celebration

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 For me, Thanksgiving is a celebration of life.  I’ve written a lot about my angels but without them I wouldn’t be writing today.  So, I give them credit for life and living.  Thanksgiving is a special time of year for me and why the season is so important to me.  I get emotional about my angels if I think about them too much.

It’s just a special time of year for me.  But I do think about every day as a celebration of life.  But sometimes life and living gets in the way.  So, I cherish my quiet time and being alone so I can reflect without too much emotion.  I guess I could say every day is a celebration of life, but it loses its meaning if there isn’t a special time of year,  I look forward to this time of year every year.

In a way, it gives me something to live for as I live my life.  But it’s just Thanksgiving is special for me and I never forget.  Life is to be celebrated every day and as I get older I’m thankful for life every day.  And I think that is the way it should be for everyone.  But in the struggles of life and living we can forget.  

Taking time for reflecting and remembering is important to us all.  Thanksgiving is just one day a year, but this one day reminds us that every day we live is a day of thanks giving.  But we can forget.  We need to take time out in our busy days and remember.  It is a special day but every day is special.  

I take time out to remember as I smoke my pipe so I won’t forget.  Today it is my “haunted” Gettysburg pipe with the last of my Cornell and Diehl Cordial.  My coffee this morning is Bella Maria.  Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving and I thank you for your time.  Peace and love to each one of you.

Papa Chasteen

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