Octobers, Thanksgiving, and a Special Birthday Wish

As you will come to know, or maybe already do, I absolutely adore Anne of Green Gables. She is simply one of my favourite characters ever written. So that, plus her quote about October seems rather fitting for this Thanksgiving weekend. October is a wonderful month. The bright colours and crisp temperature quite literally change my mood; every day seems brighter and more colourful. It is also a month full of special birthdays! In fact, today is my mum’s birthday! Happy birthday mum, I love you so much!

This weekend also marks our Canadian Thanksgiving. Despite the fact that the week after thanksgiving is the week that every professor wants you to hand in some big assignment, or write a midterm, it’s a fantastic weekend. In all seriousness though, I think the professors get together and plan that out. Thanksgiving is never truly relaxing. No matter what, you can’t really escape the stress of the coming week that looms over every student.

Putting that aside for a little bit (about 20 minutes, seeing as I leave for class really soon) this is the weekend that we really take the time to give thanks for everything we have in life.  We really should be thankful every single day and truly appreciate all that we have, especially the little things. It’s the little things that are truly special. This thanksgiving try giving thanks for all the little things in your life, you’ll find you have more to be thankful for than you ever realized.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend full of thanks, grace, family, friends, love, and laughter.  I leave you with this quote by Thornton Wilder:

 “We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”

Cheers J