Each of us has some thing(s) to be thankful for on this Thanksgiving holiday…some more than others…but we all have something…remember, it COULD be worse…a LOT worse…so remember the “glass is half full” things and be greatful for what you have…I KNOW I AM! Hey, we all have TRAINS to be thankful for…hey?
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
Enjoy your holiday…and if you know someone who is alone today…consider inviting them to dinner.
Nice thought Murray! One more thought from me…if your parent or parents are still living…give them a hug and a kiss and thanks for you won’t have them forever and will “kick” yourself if you don’t tell them you love them NOW!
If my daughter had had other plans (like a visit to her inlaws, I’d have been “home alone,” but had an invite from a fellow firefighter if I wasn’t headed south.
Hope everyone overeats (no calories in Thanksgiving dinner, and I think pumpkin pie actually subtracts calories) and has a safe day!
Here’s a happy thread!
I just returned from having Thanksgiving Dinner with my very elderly mother at the Alzheimer facility where she lives. No matter the venue, she’s still my mom, but I’d like to thank everyone, everywhere who has to work today in a facility or institution that cares for other people, even in jails! Countless folks have to work today in order to provide society with needed services.
And now to our favorite topic: railroads. I offer a big Thanksgiving shout-out to all the train crews that are working today, especially all the Amtrak employees, on the trains, in the stations, and behind the scenes.
Happy Thanksgiving, America!
I’m thankful for having a healthy family, a job to pay the bills, and time to relax this week. Looking forward to dinner with the family and my wife’s niece tonight.
Happy Thanksgiving to all. We all have many things to be thankful for.
Here’s a thought:
“People who live in a Golden Age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.”
— Randall Jarrell,
“A Sad Heart at the Supermarket”
We don’t live in a golden age. But to all the railroad crews spending Thanksgiving away from home (and all the others who have duties to perform on this day of thanks) thank you for what you do.
Me, I’m recovering from a turkey/mashed potato/dressing/gravy, etc. overdose.
Those dang Packers are going to go 16-0, or so I think.
Aw, don’t take it so bad; the Bears might, maybe, someday, somehow, possibly, conceivably have a winning season.[swg]
Simply put but very effective…I fully agree (but substitute son’s girlfriend for niece).
I inadvertently left the computer at home for Thanksgiving, so I couldn’t monitor too much while we were up in Michigan. Hope everyone realized all there was to be thankful for, and suffered no ill effects from the abundance of food usually supplied at their family gatherings. And I hope most of all that Thanksgiving hasn’t become “Black Friday Eve” for you.
(I was able to restrain myself quite well during the dinner–no potatoes, stuffing, or gravy, a few veggies, a little more fruit, and only two helpings of turkey–but lost it all when it came to the pies for dessert. I practically had to be rolled off to bed last night! I’ve recovered, I think.)
Our California daughter and son-in-law are here with us this weekend, and Chris handled the driving chores in their rental car (something else to be thankful for!). He even stopped and let me check out a few freight cars we saw up in Muskegon.
I am most thankful for our health post-retirement, and for having made the adjustment fairly well, so far (it’s taken long enough). I’m thankful that we often have the capability of just dropping everything and making a trip when we need to, and that these trips are enjoyable to both of us. I’m thankful for my friends here, on Facebook, and for family and church members that appreciate an occasional kind word and/or a hug. I’m also thankful for the people who leave me alone.
Speedy recovery, everyone! And thanks, Jim, for this thread!
I know I am two days late but Happy Thanksgiving, and to all train crews who had to work that day thank you for keeping this country on the move