Thanksgiving is Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and football. Smells coming from the kitchen are so inviting taste testers. To much food, and to little exercise make this day a time of family and friends.

The year is almost over. It seems the period of time between Thanksgiving and New Years Day is the payday for the work done the rest of the year. Today, is the day we set aside to be thankful for what has come our way. It does not matter if has been good and bad. Things could of have been a lot worse.

We are thankful for:

This Thanksgiving Day 2009, I want to take this time and thank all the people in my life who has had a perfound influence. I may not of have listen to them when I should of have, but I can sit right here and say they have had a positive influence on my life. Because of that influence I am very thankful.

Lucile and Everett Cussins Sr. – Mom and dad weren’t very well educated or articulate about how they felt. They love my brother and I. They wanted the best for us. They wanted us to work hard and make the most out of what we have.

John C. Cussins – My brother, who was more like a older brother, in later years. He is the more stable, critical thinker.

Wally and Beverly Walrath – An older couple who opened they home up to a bunch of crazy hippies and teenagers. It was through them many lives were changed.