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Mi Familia!
A good friend texted me yesterday, to see if my family needed any food for the holiday. It has been that kind of year. But my family is here today and everyone kicked in for food. I just put the turkey in the oven at 10:30 am, with the homemade stuffing that my mother-in-law, may she rest in peace, taught me years ago.
My son Joey spent all day yesterday helping to feed the needy, at the Salvation Army Temple on Edinger, in Santa Ana, along with many of his friends from Godinez High. Awesome! We who are fathers will all one day be judged by how our children turned out.
I spoke to a volunteer at the Salvation Army yesterday, as I wrote about their event, and she said she was astounded to see people coming from south Orange County, sometimes in luxury cars. They too lost their jobs.
That inspired me to post an article with information on local charities that need our help this Thanksgiving and Christmas. You can read that by clicking RIGHT HERE (link fixed – Ed.)
Despite the hard times we do indeed have much to be thankful for. I personally am thank for:
- My family – My wife woke up sick today, so I had to get cooking without my partner of twenty three years. My sister did show up though and she and my niece have been helping me. I cannot believe how tall my nephews are! They just took off to the park with my sons to play football. My mom and my stepfather just arrived too. We are going to have family here today from my wife’s side too, which is great. There will be many children in my house today!
- Our health – I lost a cousin many years ago when he was only twelve years old. He had some sort of medical condition and he could not survive it. Those of us who have healthy children are so lucky! May God bless all the children at CHOC, up the street from my house. My heart goes out to their families too!
- My friends – I cannot believe how many text messages, Facebook messages and emails I have received today. Thank you all and please do have a Happy Thanksgiving! You all mean so much to me…
- I am grateful for my bloggers – in particular our stalwart Editor Vern. Bless you all for doing what you do for our community!
- I am grateful for my clients and for the opportunity to help keep workers safe every day.
- I truly appreciate our readers and commenters. Without you this would be a dead blog indeed.
- I am so happy that Meg Whitman lost! I think Jerry Brown is actually going to do a damn good job.
- I am glad the Republicans lost every statewide race this year here in California. Maybe now they will finally learn to stop hating Mexicans and gays!
- I am thankful that we still live in a free country, where we can still speak our minds, for the most part.
I am not a fan of the pilgrims or the other Euro invaders, including my own Spanish ancestors, but I understand the sentiment behind Thanksgiving. May all of you have a Happy Thanksgiving!
you cant even go on a day like today without ripping someone from the other side . i am thankfull that dems lost the house . that obama is sinking in the polls . and that we have border patrol to stop the invasion from coming in . HAPPY TURKEY DAY .
Here, here…Very nice commentary, Art.
I agree we are judge by our offspring. I truly hope to incorporate more of the same values you instllied in your children with my own K -7 children. Thanks for sharing a positive message and sharing your families experiences.
May God bless you and your family.
Take care
Thanks for the kind words Jose! I hope you and yours had a great holiday.
I was very happy that my turkey turned out well this year. The mashed potatoes and stuffing were gone quite quickly! As was the bread. And the yams. I was shocked but my sister has two boys over six feet and I have two boys who are right about six feet tall. Their appetites are hard to believe…
May God continue to bless you and your family!
I am thankful I am a Euro invader and I am glad that I have the guts to say it!!!!
I understand what today means: It means that WE all of us (every color and creed) have a better life than most in this world!
So look to the future and not to the past and for god sake GET OVER IT no matter your beef in life!
Happy Thanks giving Mr. Art:P
Michelle,
It is true that our poor would be considered rich in many other countries. We do have much to be thankful for!
My approach to history is that if we forget it we are doomed to repeat it…
I hope you had a nice holiday.
You cannot change the pass you can only make the future brighter!
It is not looking too bright in Santa Ana, because the residents are not seeing the future very clear! In fact they keep looking back to the place the ran away from; I have never looked back and here I am apart of the future!
I had a brilliant day! I know you did too; you were surrounded by your family:)
Having been off the grid and away from Irvine this entire weekend to celebrate the holiday and my birthday on Friday, I am very thankful for discovering this blog which provides me with a great source of laughter and entertainment throughout the day. Since I live in the charmless, gentrified, master planned land of Agran and Bren (aka Irvine), I need all of the laughs I can get because living among the Agranistas, the Brenistas and their pathetic apologists can be quite depressing and drive one insane.