If you’re on Facebook, chances are you have friends who have been posting a daily gratitude post. It has been a thing for years, leading up to Thanksgiving.
I don’t participate in it.
The truth is, my Facebook page is a barren wasteland. Oh, sure, Drugstore Divas’ Facebook page is active and constantly updating, but my personal page pretty much exists only because I can’t have a brand page without it.
But I have so much to be thankful for, even if it doesn’t end up as a daily post on Facebook.
As with every year, I’m thankful for my friends, my family, and just life in general. Because as we’ve learned the last few years, none of that is guaranteed.
People have spent so much of the last few years fighting with each other. Over politics, over masks, over Facebook. Friends and families have been torn apart, lines drawn in the sand.
A few years ago, I remember politicians encouraging neighbors to call the cops if other neighbors had more than ten people over on Thanksgiving. But where would those politicians be if you need to borrow some sugar? And now, where would those neighbors be?
It was a rough time, guys.
And we all expected the clock to hit midnight to start 2021 and things would go back to normal.
But it wasn’t normal.
During that time, some of us had not seen friends except through a screen. Some of us got on planes and went to different places and lived life.
You only get one life. And no matter what your normal is now — old normal or new normal — I hope you appreciate what you have, even if it’s not what you want, and realize what’s important.
Because if you’re reading this, you’re here. You made it to today. You made it through the last couple years. Maybe with scratches and bruises, but you made it.
And maybe you’re not “thirty, flirty, and thriving” like 13 Going on 30, but you’re here. And that’s something to be thankful for.
Or maybe you are thriving. Maybe you made it through the last few years and now you’re on the other side, filled with joy and happiness and big things to be thankful for.
Whichever side you’re on, it’s still Thanksgiving, you’re still here, and you can still find something to be thankful for today.
Even if it’s just that you woke up on the right side of the grass this morning.
Rebecca
Thursday 28th of November 2013
Thank you to you Lisa, for all your hard work in helping so many of us who need ways to save. I found you by chance and have continued to be part of Drug Store Divas because of your openess, honesty and that your are willing to share your life. I also enjoy your writing style. Thanks again.