When you sit around the table This Thanksgiving holiday, Take a slow, lingering look... Really see the people seated around you. Remember why it is that you love them. And be thankful for the ways they touched your life. You don't know what seats might be empty next year. ********************* When you bow your heads, and hold hands To breathe a prayer of thanks Squeeze extra tight before letting go. You never know which hands you will be left longing for next year. ********************* And, as you sit and laugh and talk About happenings past and present, Store up in your heart the joy of those simple moments. They slip away so fast..... And you are left only with memories. ********************* And if a chair is empty this year, Breathe a prayer of thanks That you remembered to soak in the moments, Squeeze the hand you now long for, And love fully in all the moments that you had...
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