Can you believe it? Another week has gone by and
Thanksgiving is in 12 days! It seriously blows my mind how fast time goes this
time of year!
I am excited to share with you another one of my most
favorite Thanksgiving traditions at my house.
I love Thanksgiving and everything it brings. I love
the yummy food. I love watching football. I love the Thanksgiving Parade… don’t
judge me, it is on my Bucket List to go to that some day. Haha! I love being
with family. I love relaxing. I love the shopping that comes the day after. ;)
But probably my favorite part about Thanksgiving, is the gratitude in the air.
It is a time we focus on our blessings and helps us realize how much we really
have.
In my home growing up, the dinner table would be set
and 3 pieces of candy corn would be placed on every person’s plate. We all
would gather at the table and would be so excited to pig out on the delicious food my mom prepared. Before we dug in though, we would take a
few minutes to count our blessings and talk about things we were thankful for.
We began with the youngest person at the table and
they would hold their first candy corn in hand. They would say what they were
thankful for and then eat that piece of candy. We then would go around the
table, (three times) each saying a blessing that we loved in our life, but
could not repeat what had already been said.
I LOVE this tradition! I LOVE that it helps us
remember how blessed we are. Some would think it would be hard not to repeat a
blessing someone had already said, but we really have so many amazing blessings
in our lives that we could probably go around the table 10 times and never
repeat something!
I am thankful for memories. I am thankful for
traditions. I am thankful for Thanksgiving! I hope you add this special
tradition to your family dinner this year. You will be amazed at how blessed
you and your loved ones really are as you go around the table, sharing your
gratitude with one another.
In addition, you get to eat candy corn… it’s a WIN WIN
situation!
Don’t forget to send me your favorite
Thanksgiving Traditions to be shared on the 27th! You can submit
your ideas via Facebook @Today’s The Best Day or email us at todaysthebestday01@gmail.com
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