Thanksgiving – that’s so American
Black Friday – that’s so… wait orgiastic mindless buying overpriced things we neither need nor want made by underpaid people in countries we’d struggle to place on a map… bring it on!
I find it fascinating how we can be so dichotomous in our thinking.
Got me thinking about what I was grateful for while filliing my online baskets …for the kids, Godchildren… maybe one or two for me.
I must say having had my bro and sis in law over in early November, made me more cognizant that:
- Its great to have siblings by birth and by law and by extension family
- distance need not weaken bonds
- where I live and how I live is amazing as I saw it afresh through their eyes
- sometimes you need visitors to encourage you to do or see things you just never get round to doing or seeing– so finally after 6 years we went sand dune bashing and saw the inland sea
It was wonderful to tune into the spirit of this holiday, thanks to Mohadoha and family with whom we had dinner on Thursday night. And without getting into the ever reducing circular conversations about Christmas and national day celebrations in my part of the desert.