Happy Thanksgiving
October is a month of great festivities. Beginning with Thanksgiving, Diwali and Halloween. In Canada it is called “Thanksgiving”, In India it’s called “Harvest” and “Dussehra”. I have written a whole topic on Thanksgiving last year – for those who have not read it and would like to read it please go to my blog on Thanksgiving – October 10 th 2021. It just brings back memories of family gathering back home. Helping mom in the kitchen together. Eating on a banyan leaf and having any odd number of vegetables. Mom used to cook 7 or 11 different vegetables. We all would sit on the floor together; dad would say a prayer and bless the food and we all enjoyed. The beauty was to give thanks to God for all His blessings, to come together as a family and eat and laugh together. We used to have Auction of various gifts of fruits and other gift items at our church for a good cause and donation towards the church expenses. In Canada, it is a tradition to get the family