I am grateful for one last Thanksgiving with my Dad, who has stage 4 cancer.

EliTheBean on November 26, 2009 at 7:43 PM

Reading through all the posts, yours touched my heart so much because I know what you are going through. Eighteen years ago my mother had multiple myeloma (bone cancer) and suffered through that for two years. Of course, the family suffers just nearly as much but in a very different way. So may God go with you as you go through this very difficult time.

It was such a blessing to read all your posts yesterday and to be able to have a forum to express what we were grateful for among a group of mostly like minded good folks. There was such a wide range of reasons to be thankful – some funny, some sad, but all very touching because everyone took the time to think about our blessings amid a time of uncertainty in our great country. Thanks for the opportunity to have this place to vent and discuss – it feels like a family!

Cindy Munford on November 27, 2009 at 12:38 AM

Thanks. They’re 7 and 18, but both pretty wordly for their ages. Sounds like a good flick for them.

Have a great weekend!

my husband reminded me that those shopping on Black Friday had already been at it for 2 hours. good grief.

kelley in virginia on November 27, 2009 at 6:39 AM

I did “Black Friday” a couple years ago…never again. Unless you’re one of the first 100 people in line, you probably won’t get the thing(s) you went for. A lot of stores aroun here opened at 4am…Wal-Mart I think was open all night, I guess trying to avoid what happened last year when that worker was stampeded to death.

It’s just far too early in the morning to go join a pack of frenzied bargain hunters…I’d rather wait, down a couple brews, and go be amongst the other idiots who wait until Christmas Eve as usual…*sigh*

Black Friday?

MB4 on November 27, 2009 at 1:18 AM

That’s racist!

He has no one to thank for the good stuff in his life!

EliTheBean on November 26, 2009 at 7:43 PM
So sorry, may God give you strength, and watch over your dad…

lovingmyUSA on November 26, 2009 at 7:56 PM

Thanks Loving! And to all the others who have been touch this year by cancer. May God see us all safely home (and not via ObamaCare.)

TXUS on November 27, 2009 at 12:20 AM

I think it will be fine, the roughest part is when Michael goes back to his old neighborhood the language is a bit rough (a$$, bi!ch, the n word) and some sexual innuendo that will require an Urban dictionary or interpretation from lorien1973. It shows a family of faith and conservative values in a very positive light, something not often seen from Hollywood. I guess it depends on their ages, I hope this has helped.

The youngest Boy Wonder and I just got back from seeing The Blindside. It was very good. We both enjoyed it.

Cindy Munford on November 27, 2009 at 12:03 AM

I know you didn’t go with blantantblue nor the man-child at 1600, so I assume you were safe.

I want to see this movie with my sons, but was worried it was PC. Tell me it’s okay.

Tomorrow, back to business as usual, once more into the breach my friends! We have a war to fight!

“On this special day when we all pause to give thanks, I think all of us can put aside our differences and agree on one thing we are all thankful for. Me. Thank me for me. Amen.”

OK, he didn’t say it but that’s what he meant.

Very Happy Thanksgiving to all in Hot Air land. I appreciate all of you.

Hat’s off from a west Texan.

I give special thanks for the Jewish nation, whose glorious faith and history is enshrined in the Old Testament. They preserved the words of their prophets over the centuries, by faith and love

I humbly say thank you to the volunteers in our military who have given up personal liberty and safety to preserve ours. I pray for your safety, in Jesus’ name.

I am thankful for MM, Ed, AP and the great site where ideas are argued. I am grateful there is an MM, who is a fighter and someone I trust. I am also thankful MM is younger than me so I will never have to say goodbye unless she joins the Huffington Post

I am thankful for the many folk who contribute to this site. They have opened my eyes too many times to count

I am thankful for the Tea Party brigade who lifted my spirits more than I ever can express.

I am thankful my grandfather came to America when he was 15. His stepfather was beating his mother and grandpa clobbered him on the head. They thought he had killed the guy so his mom gave him money to flee the country. I am thankful the stepfather did not die after all from the bashing, at least that is the story and I am sticking with it. I am thankful my grandmother came to America when she was fifteen to escape a marriage. I am glad she chose grandpa (for her second husband). She told me she had three men to choose from, but Granpa didn’t party with the guys, and he hated sex, so that clinched it, at least that is the story and I am sticking to it.

I am thankful for the turkey who ate well, and I hope, perished with honor

This comment had me thinking:

This year I am also especially thankful that we have someone like Sarah Palin living rent free in the left’s heads. CDeb on November 26, 2009 at 10:04 AM

Where would we be at this point in time if we did not have a Palin in the national scene? It would be dreary indeed, for most trust has been spent foolishly, and trust is precious in cynical times

I thank God we have someone other than the usual uspects in our future