Almost Thanksgiving

It feels like we just had Thanksgiving?! Does anyone else feel that way?
I'm happy though. Things could always be worse...
I have been feeling really lucky. I watch "Our America" the other day, its a show on OWN, and they were talking about the vets and the struggle they indoor when they come back home. They followed couples around while they tried to get help, get connected again. There was a couple with this Big guy who went to war. Ever since he came back he has been very disconnected with his wife and kids. To the point where his wife said she felt like she was making him a life he didn't want to live anymore. They decided to try a retreat. There was this one session where each person had to get up and tell how they felt. There were 3 chairs. One story they had to tell as there partner, one as themselves, and one as someone outside the relationship. The guy after days of just being quiet, got up and participated. There was a point where he just broke down. He was finally at the place where he felt comfortable to open up. He started to say that while at war, he was a paramedic and that there was a point where civilians came in for help. Mothers came in with their children. Some were burnt, some lost limbs....He stated that most of them, he had to send home to die because there was nothing he could do to help them....All this time, this Big Man was holding back something so deep, the fact that he could not help these children,....It was the best show I have watched. It affected me in such a big way. I realized that having my health, my families health, my sons health is something I should be grateful for. No matter what we go through, that alone should out weigh everything.

Be thankful for what you have.....