UncategorizedThanksgiving November 17, 2011Do you ever feel like Thanksgiving is just a stop along the way to Christmas? I know that I do…I love Christmas. I seriously wait all year for this special time to come around. So, although I love fall, by the time November rolls around, I’m already in Christmas mode. I often bypass the great holiday of Thanksgiving because my mind has already moved onto the next thing. {Does this sound familiar from my series? Yep, still moving onto the next thing instead of focusing on the present.} But I’m trying to fix that. This year, I’ve gotten into Thanksgiving. I’ve always thought that Thanksgiving was a great time to be grateful and notice/appreciate what God has blessed us with. But this year, I’m really trying to embrace it. The leaves around us look something like these… {via Pinterest – I’ve always loved this photo.} So it’s definitely still fall and I want to hang onto it while I can. Plus, it seems fitting when the Christmas season is so often wrongly focused on receiving to take a step back before, reflect on what you’re grateful for, and prepare yourself to enter the season of celebrating Jesus and GIVING to others. In honor of this thankful season, I will be posting lots of ideas to celebrate thankfulness with those we love over the next week until Turkey Day! I’ll be back later today with a tradition to focus your entire family on being thankful!