Last Tuesday at Gabriel's school, his classroom had a thanksgiving feast. It was adorable as the kids learned about the first Thanksgiving and how the Pilgrims and Indians celebrated together. To honor the first thanksgiving parents were able to come in and celebrate with the kids. The kids had worked hard to create costumes and then dressed up as Pilgrims and Indians and ate their feast together.
On the way home from school that day Gabriel was telling Michael all about their feast and about the first Thanksgiving.
"Michael, did you know the Indians and the Pilgrims ate lunch together?"
"Why Gabriel"
"Because they wanted to have a feast"
"Why"
"Michael, I don't know, they were really hungry."
Interjecting, I asked, Boys what are you thankful for?
Michael: "I'm thankful for God."
Gabriel: "I'm thankful the Indians can have normal food now."
"What?" I asked... "Gabriel, what do you mean normal food?"
"Mom, you know, the Indians had to use a bow and arrow to get deer and it took a long long long long time... now they can have normal food like chicken."
"I see Gabriel."
I asked, "So that's what you are thankful Gabriel?"
"YES mom, wouldn't you be more happy to have chicken instead of hunting a long time with a bow... Mom you'd be starving."
I'm so glad out of the many lessons he could have gotten from the story of the first Thanksgiving, that the message of food convenience came through most clear.
Until next time,
Angie
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