Happy Thanks-Given Poem by Jim Yerman

I had a friend with a unique way of looking at the world
(although I once thought she was misled)
because when the rest of us said ‘Happy Thanksgiving'
‘Happy Thanks-given' is what she said.

It is a day we come together
and give thanks for all the ways we have been blessed
for our health
our happiness
our friends
our family
all the treasures we possess…

For years we've come together
we've flown
we've taken trains
we've driven…
to celebrate not only this Thanksgiving
but years of thanks already given…

So as you sit down for your feast this year
as you've done so may times before…
to give thanks for this years blessings
remember all the years you're thankful for….

Remember all the thank yous
over the years you have amassed…
and how our thank yous of today and tomorrow
are linked to thank yous of the past.

I guess my friend was right all along
so allow me….If I may
to wish you not only a Happy Thanksgiving
but a Happy Thanks-given day.