I'm Very Thankful This Thanksgiving That I'm Not a Turkey

Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away. This means that you can't open a paper, magazine, or website without finding a host of articles on gratitude. You can even find articles complaining about the people who write about how grateful they are.

I have always found this topic fairly easy to write about. Counting my blessings is pretty easy as I have much in my life to be thankful for. But do people really need, or even want, one more essay about how much I love my quirky family or why I'm grateful for lipstick?

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