Why are you thankful?

By Nikki Wells
Staff Writer

What does Thanksgiving mean to you? Do you even know?

Is it being a "picture of perfect health," or is it actually surviving another night to see the morning?

As for a home, do we say we are thankful for the actual shelter it provides or for the safety and security that one feels while there?

Why is family noted with prominence when we are asked what we are thankful for?

Each year we answer the same way: my health, my home and my family.

We never take a deeper look into why we answer the way we do.

What is it that constitutes being thankful for our health?

Is it because we feel that family is the most accepted answer or is it because we truly feel family is of the utmost importance?

I choose the latter. To me, family cannot be replaced and can only be measured by love.

When you answer that ever-popular question this Thanksgiving, stop and ask yourself why you are thankful rather than what you are thankful for.

Have you ever stopped to think about what it is that makes this holiday a time of giving thanks for you?

Every year we answer the ever-popular question, "What are you thankful for?"