nextgen_holiday (nextgen_holiday) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2009-11-24 03:37:00

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Giving Thanks (Nov 26)
“We need to be more grateful. I think there is no true character without gratitude. It is one of the marks of a real strong character to have a feeling of thanksgiving and gratitude for blessings. We need more of that spirit in our homes, in our daily associations, in the church, everywhere. It doesn't cost anything, and it is so easy to cultivate.” - Ezra Taft Benson

In America today is a day for being thankful for the things in people's lives. Today was a day to celebrate family, friends, prosperity and health with food, family and friends. It is a time to reflect on what is important us and to recognize the gratitude we hold for having those things in our lives.

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dream_catcher
2009-11-24 09:35 pm UTC (link)

Today is a difficult day for Lucas. He doesn't go inside to try the cooking, doesn't help with the preparations - unusual for him, and doesn't make any effort to be social, unless someone approaches him out by the lake.
For some of the first nations, Thanksgiving is almost a time of mourning, remembering all of the wrongs that were visited upon the tribes over the years by the white settlers. All of the good grace and cooperation that marked the first Thanksgiving forgotten when even today, there's not a lot of hope on a lot of reservations, and a lot of families are reliant on the food banks for anything resembling a Thanksgiving dinner.
For others, it is a time to try and look forward, and remember that original spirit of friendship that allowed the pilgrims to survive their first winter, and to hope that that kind of unity can be achieved again.

The spirits are just as mixed. Some angry, many sad, some hopeful, very few in any place to wish to celebrate. And it is with these that Lucas is spending his holiday, talking, comforting, praying and remembering.

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	princess_mutt 2009-11-24 11:13 pm UTC (link)
	Moira goes out, once or twice, to sort of check on him without really engaging him in conversation. She doesn't want to intrude on things right now when she knows she really doesn't Get anything much about this subject. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dream_catcher 2009-11-25 12:29 am UTC (link)
	For all that, he's always happy enough to see her. He makes an effort not to upset her or to get too into depth, while trying to make some sense of why he's not being social or helping out inside. She never seems to be an intrusion, whatever he's up to. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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