'Tis a Gift To Be Simple

A month?  It's been a month since my last blog post?  I can't even believe it is almost Halloween, oh wait, that is what my last post would have said if I had been on top of things.  And now it is near my favorite holiday:

 Thanksgiving.  

No typo.  

(I  know, some of you may be thinking, "blasphemy.....what about Christmas?")  

I LOVE Thanksgiving!

I adore Christmas.  However it has turned in to such a BIG holiday. It requires SO much work, and it is a lot of stress.  There are a gazillion things to buy for people; a million places to be; endless hours of wrapping.  And I do love all of that.  

(And I still love Christmas.  This doesn't get anyone out of buying me gifts! :0) 

But Thanksgiving.   

Thanksgiving is simple. 

 It's remembering the things you have to be grateful for and spending time with loved ones. 

It's taking the time to reflect on what you have been blessed with, and how you are able to share those gifts with everyone around you.  

It's a holiday that requires little effort in way of preparation in comparison with the holiday that 

precedes it.  

I love the words of this little song:

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free

    Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,

And when we find ourselves in the place just right,

  'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gain'd,

  To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd,
To turn, turn will be our delight,

  Till by turning, turning we come 'round right.

I am so grateful for this time of year.  And I am very grateful for my new (even though it was already, it was re-confirmed) department store.

Hopefully you are all enjoying the stress free preparations for Thanksgiving as I am.  (Although picking out our Thanksgiving movie this year may prove to add a little stress...)