This year, Thanksgiving Day falls on Thursday, November 26th – which happens to be its anniversary.
Two-hundred and twenty years ago, President George Washington declared Thursday, November 26, 1789 to be our country’s first official national Thanksgiving Day holiday.
I am dedicating my Thanksgiving Day post on this blog to one of our family dogs, who died recently and unexpectedly at the age of six, from a genetic autoimmune problem that could not be fixed.
Her name was Boojie.
She was a beautiful, sweet-natured Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier.
My wife and I loved her dearly, and her passing left a hole in our hearts that is still sore.
I am not a religious person. But I do believe that we all can have feelings that might be called “spiritual” or “religious.”
I had a bond with our dog Boojie that gave me such feelings.
The word “thanksgiving” was popularized in English by the Bible, in which it is used many times.
For today’s post, I offer one of those quotations in remembrance of Boojie:
“For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving.”
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