Thanksgiving Prayer

Our Thanksgiving Prayer

I have always enjoyed Thanksgiving and have many happy memories of our Tate Family on Thanksgiving.

There are several special Thanksgivings that I remember very vividly. One was when Mom and Dad invited an older couple to join us explaining that they would be all alone that year. Mom and I made animals for the table out of peanuts and pipe cleaners. We sat them all over the table around her centerpiece which was always a large oval bowl of wax and plastic fruit. We had all given her that fruit over the years. She would also use large wooden spools from the cotton mill for the candle sticks.

The fruit that I use in my cornucopia which you will see later in a short video is that same fruit that my Mom used.

Yes, I am sentimental.

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My Artwork of our 1958 Thanksgiving Table

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I was 10 years old when I did this drawing. I remember it like it was yesterday. My birthday was in August and I had received from my folks a John Nagy Art Set which included a pack of oil pastels. That is what I used to do our Thanksgiving Table. You can see the fruit bowl I was mentioning above and this time we had made turkeys out of pine cones and construction paper. I used to love to watch "Learn To Draw With John Nagy" on television. I still enjoy painting and drawing so I guess it paid off.
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Our Dad was seriously ill after our Mom's death and was on Intensive Care with a ruptured Aortic Aneurysm for more days than I care to remember. After he regained his strength, he started getting out more and met a wonderful woman and re-married. We began to combine her family and ours for a Tate Family Thanksgiving and there was always one thing that stayed the same. Our Dad would give the most beautiful blessing before we began dinner. He was a big man with a deep but soft voice and when he spoke, we listened. His blessings set the tone for the day and left us all with a wonderful secure feeling of "family".

We enjoyed this tradition for about 9 years and then our brother tragically passed away at the young age of 36. It was about more than we could all endure especially our Dad. Two months later was Thanksgiving and for this reason we moved the celebration to my house which was just down the hill from my Dad's. He and our sweet Step Mother were totally unable to entertain at that point, but we all felt the need to get together. The question arose about the blessing. The thought of my Dad not saying the blessing was very hard to handle but we knew that he would never be able to emotionally get through it.

I started looking for a special prayer and as if I was being directed by my Mother, I pulled out her old collection of Ideals. It was there that I found the prayer that would become our new family tradition and one that we would share with others who have lost loved ones. You see, we lost our Dad the next April so this was the last Thanksgiving that we spent with him.

The holidays are always a rough time for those who have lost loved ones. This prayer helped us get through that sad Thanksgiving and remember the good times.

My sisters and I hope that this prayer brings comfort and is as meaningful to you.

Grace For Thanksgiving Day

by Alice Kennelly Roberts

Dear God,
Wherever we may be...On this Thanksgiving Day...
Gathered with loved ones in our homes...
Or many miles away...
We bow our heads, remembering those...
Who shared Thanksgiving past...
Those who have walked with us awhile...
Whose love will always last...
We thank Thee for the joy of friends...
The food before us set...
And for a tiny Pilgrim band...
Whose trials we can't forget...
Help us to sift the good and bad...
The hatred and the strife...
Grant us the wisdom and the strength...
To lead a useful life.
Amen

Making a Thanksgiving Card with this prayer

My sisters and I always try to remember those who have lost loved ones during the year by sharing this poem either as an email, a handwritten note or a handmade card.

This is the card that I will be using this year using a patchwork type border of some of my cornucopia pictures as seen below in the little slide show along with some designs.

Traditionally, we have copies for everyone at the table so that it can be read in unison. We have also used it at our Tate Family Reunions as a part of the closing ceremony.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

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Lensmaster

lollyj wrote...

This is wonderful. I love Thanksgiving. Mom, Grandma and Grandpa have been gone for many years but my siblings and I try to carry on the best of their traditions.

Posted March 20, 2009

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mysticmama wrote...

Wonderful lens, Welcome to the Sharing Hearts Group! 5*

Posted March 20, 2009

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OhMe wrote...

Thank you all for visiting this lens. Everyday is Thanksgiving!

Posted March 11, 2009

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Tipi wrote...

I can tell that you are very sentimental, it shows right through... Watched the little video too. Thanksgiving Prayer is lovely! :-) - Love your sense of humor! Lol!

Posted January 18, 2009

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Jewelsofawe wrote...

Welcome to the Spirituality Group! I put you and your lens on my Spirituality Group lens in my lenses.

Posted December 18, 2008

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