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Thanksgiving

 Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you had a good holiday with your family because I did. We traveled over to Richfield,  WA to visit with my Dad's family. This year we didn't do a "traditional" meal. We keep it simple,  but still nice.  Now as a girl who is very traditional,  when I first learned of this I was shocked! But as the day progessed I began thinking more about traditions. What do they really mean? How do they get started?
  Here is where my thoughts lead me. I started with the traditions my family has and why we have them. Some of them we just do because we enjoy them and over time it became a tradition.  Others are used as a means of keeping family memories alive. All of the reasons are really good, but why do I get thrown for a loop so much when we don't do something the exact same way we have always done it.
  What I really decided was, traditions are fun, but who you are chosing and how yoyr chosing to make memories with is what's really important.  People and life don't last forever. Traditions will also come and go and sometimes come back again. But as I get deeper into this holiday season.  I need to keep my focus on who gave me the blessings I am thankful for.
   Anyway that's just my thanksgiving day thoughts and now I will be singing Tradition from Fiddler On The Roof for at least the next 24 hours. Any who I want to hear your holiday traditions.  Write them in the comments.  I can't what to hear them.

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