I love Thanksgiving!
I always have. It is so wonderful for our nation to have a special day set aside for GRATITUDE.
Except …
What we often forget (or at least try to forget) (or refuse to even believe) is that the traditional First Thanksgiving Day taught in grade school and fixed in our individual and national consciousness is a Disney-fied mythology.
Here’s a terrifically sobering post from a wonderful blog, “Esperational.” The You Tube video is eye- (and heart-) opening. Please take a moment to read the short post and watch the short video.
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It has been my tradition on Thanksgiving to honor the other side of the story. For members of the first nations of this country this is a day of …
The Other Side of Thanksgiving
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Difficult truths …
Why is Truth so often Difficult?!
I don’t think this means I can’t celebrate Thanksgiving Day, as long as I recognize that the mythologized beginning is historically inaccurate.
Maybe I should celebrate … Happy THANKS-giving.
NealEnJoy 
Thanks for all the great food Native people taught the Europeans to eat; turkey, corn, potatoes, tomatoes, squash, chocolate… the list goes on and on. So does my gratitude.
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A great response, Rebecca.
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Thanks, Neal. I often write a Thanksgiving post on that topic because people assume tomatoes are from Italy and potatoes from Ireland. (I did too until I read about all the agricultural wonders in the Americas). Here’s Thanksgiving 2021: https://fakeflamenco.com/2021/11/25/7-foods-for-which-im-grateful/
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It is painful but important to know and recognize the suffering slavery and bloodshed this country was built on. Those who forget the past…
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Yes!
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