tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1871303039116532788.post5758745809933417897..comments2023-08-18T21:15:30.147-04:00Comments on Healing Morning: AppreciationHealing Morninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03236609802381940498noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1871303039116532788.post-51917135085069643752009-12-07T08:36:13.648-05:002009-12-07T08:36:13.648-05:00Curtis, what a lovely expression of friendship fro...Curtis, what a lovely expression of friendship from that person! I haven't lived out of the country, but I have lived far from home during the holiday season. That can be a very lonely thing, when there's no one to celebrate the days that matter the most to you, so I'm gladdened by the knowledge that someone took time to mark Thanksgiving with you. They earned their angel points that day, I think!<br /><br />Thank you for taking time to read my stuff, Curtis!<br /><br />DawnHealing Morninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03236609802381940498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1871303039116532788.post-15704746395074358052009-12-07T07:03:42.544-05:002009-12-07T07:03:42.544-05:00As an American, who has lived in New Zealand and A...As an American, who has lived in New Zealand and Australia for the past eight years, the concept of Thanksgiving as a holiday is an aged memory. I moved from Jacksonville, Florida to Auckland, New Zealand on November 18th, 2000. <br /><br />For the first time in my life, I had to work on Thanksgiving day. <br />The training manager, who was Australian, took pity on me and made me a pumpkin pie. How she found the ingredients I’ll never know, as canned pumpkin was not easy to find in NZ at the time, but the pie was fabulous!<br /><br />And despite my focus on the negative fact that I had to work on Turkey day, someone I had only met a week prior, went out of their way to make me feel at home!<br /><br />There are many reasons to be thankful, and most of them we haven’t even experienced yet...;)<br /><br />Write On!Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02162307909236429919noreply@blogger.com