What is this occasion that we name Thanksgiving?

A time and place in the past where travelers of

Fall landed in a world unknown to them, a place

To learn.

These people, known as Pilgrims, lived a lifetime

Ago,

Settled in a land referred to as the New World.

Plymouth Rock, ships landed along the

unexplored shore,

Through hardship and bitter winter cold, these

Men and women persevered, they accepted

The challenge, they survived.

Learning as they did of a people different

Than they were,

Came together to learn and understand

One another.

Working as one, sharing what was grown

And hunted,

They lived each day, and they learned of each

Other.

This Thanksgiving, we slow down, pause for

A moment,

Give thanks for what we have, for our health,

For friends.

For those who love us, and the ones we love.`

Keith Garrett