By Lisa Goudy
American writer Edward Sandford Martin once said that “Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man
it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow.”
Seeing
as Martin was born in 1856, his reference to man can now be taken to
refer to all people, women too. The official
celebration of Thanksgiving only shows up once a year in October
for us Canadians, served with a fresh dose of turkey. Being
thankful for one day out of 365 is not even close to enough,
especially when we realize how lucky we are in Canada.
We
have a lot to be thankful for. Of course we have our share of poverty.
Of course we have our share of loss, homicides and
countless other crimes or desperate situations. But compared to a
lot of places in the world, we have plenty and for that
we should be grateful all the time — we should spend this coming
Thanksgiving with the people who matter most if we can, such
as family and friends.
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