Happy Thanksgiving

Because I'd heard the rest of the Story, I couldn't be really happy and thankful on Thanksgiving Day. On the contrary, there was a part of me that became really sad and really angry every fourth Thursday in November, whenever I remembered the Story.

But today I'm happier and more thankful than I am other days, because I heard one particular person is happy and thankful today, even in the midst of many days of much sadness and much anger.

I thank her for that. And I'm thankful for her. And that she lived to tell her Story. May her tribe increase. And may her Story become part of ours and our childrens'. Because it is.

This song/prayer (that's become part of our Thanksgiving Day tradition as kind of a carol) seems fitting:

Counterclockwise Circle Dance (Ly-O-Lay Ale Loya)