Tonight’s entry is from my favorite band. This song has really put me in the mood for Thanksgiving with very little reason apparent in the lyrics or tune. Normally I would go very traditional and post Alice’s Restaurant and leave it at that. But this year I am very grateful for a lot of things. The short list is the new job, Seebs (for reasons I won’t go into), Jenn for still being my friend, my wife for being strong, my kids for being who they are even when they are way too much like what they are, the new job, Brandon for the car on loan, and too many other things to list. So here is a little Lucero and I hope that it inspires you as it has me this Thanksgiving eve.
I know that this holiday seems way commercial to some but to me it is all too often overlooked. We eat turkey, take a nap, watch football, and then go back to our lives. We are not thankful or grateful. Tomorrow might well be for some the celebration of horrible treatment of the natives in America but to me and my family it is a day to actually be thankful. I struggle with this to be honest.
I like my wife’s family. I really like her brothers a lot. I don’t much like her family on holidays and this year I am struggling with not being consulted about our holiday plans. I mean every last aspect of them from where and with whom we are eating to our method of transportation. I am feeling pretty bitter to be honest and hoping this entry will help me get it out of my system. I am grateful we have a ton of family to choose from for holidays and I mean that very honestly. I am a little upset that for five years we have done every thanksgiving and every Christmas save one since we got together with her family. I don’t feel like I have much choice to be honest and it’s not only that we accept every year when her family calls. There is more to it that I really cannot go into here but the wife knows about it so she will understand.
So I am torn. I have so much for which to be grateful and yet I am feeling a bit bitter. I only hope my loving wife sees this for what it is. I really want to be happy and joyful tomorrow so I have to get this out of my system tonight if I am going to. I know this isn’t much of a music entry as such. But the song is apropos and has made me a little less bitter.
Enjoy your turkey day tomorrow. Enjoy your family. Thank God for what you have no matter how little it may or may not be. Celebrate a day on which we give thanks. I wish you all well. Goodnight and Happy Thanksgiving.