Thanksgiving shall be here the day after tomorrow, and it will
be observed with a tinge of sadness. Just the day before yesterday,
Waukesha, my county seat and a Wisconsin city that I have a long
history with, held its Christmas parade --- the biggest Christmas
parade in the state since Milwaukee discontinued theirs. It was
always a joyous event, but this year it had a tragic twist:
a driver of an SUV sped through the parade route on Main Street,
and ran into and over many participants and attendees. Five have
died, while over forty (the count at the present time) are injured,
some severely. As more details regarding this tragedy are made
known your sorrowful Peasant will update you, my loyal readers.
In the meantime, count yourselves lucky and be thankful that you
are safe and sound wherever you are, and give thanks for being so
as well as for all the good and beautiful things in your lives ---
your families, your homes, your jobs, your physical, emotional,
financial, career, social, romantic and every kind of health that
a human being can possibly have. For all in this world is fleeting,
and it and we can go at any time. Let us, then, enjoy our many
blessings while we can, and let's hug our spouses, children,
brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, parents, grandparents, all our
family members, and our pets, as many of us count our dear
cats, dogs, and other pets as family too (I certainly count my
lovely cat Brownie as family!). For before very long our time
draws to a close, and believe me time zips by before we realize
it's gone. We can depart anytime, anywhere at all.
Your thankful Peasant is overjoyed about the blessings I have
been given. And that includes each and every one of you, my
wonderful readers!
MEM
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