It is not only Thanksgiving Day, but a day of thanksgiving. It is a day set apart in the life of this nation in which we offer thanks for all the blessings bestowed upon us. I was not raised in this land and therefore I am not a native here. Thanksgiving Day as a special day set apart was not something that I grew up with for the first thirty years of my life. Even though I have now lived in the United States for almost as long, I still find it strange at times to celebrate this holiday of thanksgiving. It is not that I am opposed to giving thanks, you understand. Saying thank you was something that the nuns who helped raise me insisted upon. We do say thanks. We do give thanks for all the little things that bless us every day.

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