A Season of Thankfulness
Can you believe that Thanksgiving is almost a week away? It seems just like yesterday that we were buying school supplies and gearing up for the fall. As the holidays are quickly approaching, we begin making Christmas Lists and figuring out what we want our Thanksgiving dinner to look like (cue the 10 trips to the grocery store- where are the rolls?!) and what gift will scream "I know you SO well!" (Let's scan that Black Friday ad ONE more time). While those aren't bad things, it's important to remember to keep the focus of Thanksgiving at the center of your preparations. I'm reminded how important it is to foster a posture of being thankful as my children watch all of the toy commercials and have conversations at school (yes, EVEN preschool). They are beginning to be centered around what they WANT and HAVE to have. As I've been told many times this week, "It's the coolest toy EVER!" While it may really well be the coolest toy eve