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The prompts:

1) Interview your kids...what do they think Thanksgiving is for? What are they thankful for? etc. 

2.) Share a photo of what Thanksgiving looks like in your neck of the woods.

3.) Write a poem about the things you are thankful for.

4.) Describe a memorable Thanksgiving.

5.) Forget Thanksgiving, write about that time you fell down

Me: What is Thanksgiving about?

Dracen(age 7):  Indians

Me:  Indians? Well, what else? 

Dracen: Worshipping God

Me:  What about the pilgrims?  What did they do?

Dracen:  Oh yeah. They worshipped God too.

Me:  So what are you thankful for?

Dracen: (sigh)..Everybody has been asking me that.

Me: Oh really? Well, what did you tell them? What are you thankful for?

Dracen: as he dips his Oreo into his cup of milk and strains to see what's on Cartoon Network over my shoulder... I dunno.


And that's when I decided to try my hand at a poem.

I'm thankful for facebook

and blogging and tweets

I'm thankful for blackberry,

almost more than sweets!

I'm thankful for Google,

email and Yahoo

I'm thankful for IM

and wikipedia too!

I'm thankful for this laptop,

We've gotten pretty tight

I'm thankful for the convenience

it gives me to write!

I'm thankful for this workshop

that Mama Kat hosts

I'm thankful for the inspiration

it gives me to post!

I'm thankful for all of you

who read what I say

And I'm thankful even more

when you pause to say "Hey"!