We gather, squished, around this table
With wine and turkey and mashed potato.
The kids squeeze their knees under tables too small
But that’s what we need to fit us all!
We’re thankful each year for our health and our food,
For our jobs and our Mom and our mostly tall brood.
We are grateful for love and for chocolate and pie.
We give thanks for our cats and the sun in the sky.
We are thankful for yoga and berries and shoes.
We’re grateful for gardens and road cleaning crews.
We are grateful for snow blowers, shovels and gloves.
We give thanks every month for the full moon above.
We like to go walking so thanks for fresh air.
We are grateful for rain and for weather that’s fair.
We give thanks for our poodles, retrievers and Sport,
We give thanks for whipped cream and warm apple torte.
We gather around and give thanks for this feast
For veggies and gravy; and last but not least
Our family so dear, so large and so hungry.
Thanks for bounty. Thanks for the plenty.
