Here in America, today is Thanksgiving Day.
I have not participated in the American celebration most of my life. It has never made sense even in childhood to celebrate the genocide of the Peoples Here Before...the Spanish, the English, the French...the white people, with white diseases, murder, white relegions, greed...white ways.
Even when, as a child there was not much to be happy for...thankful for. I was pre-occupied with survival...surviving. Although not pre-occupied today, I continue to live the life of a survivor and Warrior! I must.
Today, I Honor the gatherings of People who are of Relation. Today, I share my Thanks to God, my Great Spirit. Not a religion's God, and share my Thanksgiving's with them who are near and dear...with them afar. With them who have Crossed before me and with those I've yet to meet.
I am Thankful for my life today. Am Thankful for my wife and daughter's, my sister's and brother's, my neice's and nephew's...I am thankful for my Abuela, Tia's and Tio's, my hundreds of Cousins and am so Thankful for ALL of my Relations!
My Heart is full. I have shed my tears of sorrow for them not here and for them too far...
God Bless All Relations...God Bless America!
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