Thanksgiving Day 2015

May the Good Lord bestow on you all, His grace and His blessings on this day and throughout the entire Holiday Season..

Jake. 

Praise Ye Oh Lord, for Thy Bountiful Blessings.

Thanksgiving Day 2015

For what should I be thankful

on this Thanksgiving Day?

Have I been without worry

or has wealth come my way?

Has my health thus returned

to like “back in the day”

or has my hair now since lost

some, or all of its gray?

Has my memory been increased

or my bones less to ache?

Have I attained some fine land

or a cottage by a lake?

Has the government told me

“we’ll give more than we take”?

So, for what should I be thankful

I ask for Heaven’s sake?

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Well, my worries are fewer

than many a folk,

I still have some of my wits

and can still tell a good joke.

I’ve not suffered an attack

nor had a crippling stroke

and I’m still able to write

so I’ve not yet to croak!

I have my friends and a family

who cares and who loves

I have at least a warm hat

a coat and some gloves.

And though I may be more “hawkish”

than I am a “dove”

For all that I have or I am

I thank my God up above!

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Jack Downing

Nov. 2015

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

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