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Home for Thanksgiving just one thing to be thankful for

I have plenty to be thankful for every year.
But this year, I am even more thankful.
For the first time in a long time, I get to spend Thanksgiving Day like a regular person.

Most every year, I have worked on this day, covering those Cowboys.
This year I don't have to. Andy Newberry volunteered to take my place.
I am thankful for Andy.

So I get to stay home and smell the turkey cooking while the Macy's parade is on the TV.
Then I get to watch those Lions and say thank you God that they are not the Cowboys.
And then I get to eat my wife's turkey dinner (she's a pro in the kitchen) before tuning in the Cowboys. And for a change I don't have to write one word after the game or drive home..
Instead I get to flip back and forth between Texas-Texas A&M and Giants-Broncos.
A feast and a TV football feast all in one day.
That's a lot for this old guy to be thankful for.

But there is so much more.
I am thankful that I have a God who answers prayers.
I am thankful that He didn't give up until he found this one lost sheep.
I am thankful for a loving mom and dad and grandparents who nurtured me.
I am thankful for my family. A good wife, good kids, a great grandson.
I am thankful that I live in the greatest country in the world and the freedom that has been given to me.
I am thankful that I live in Texas. Yee-hah!
I am thankful for my job. Doing what I do and getting paid for it is so cool.
I am thankful for my boss. Smooch, smooch smooch. No, really I do mean it.
I am thankful for my health.
I am thankful for my friends.
I am thankful for golf and poker and cold beer.

But most of all --- at this time of year -- I am thankful I'm not a turkey.

Posted by Nick Gholson at 8:06 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)