WISH I COULD QUIT THANKSGIVING
Thanksgiving, I wish I could quit you! I love good food but I refuse to go rogue when so many of my brothers and sisters are doing their best to hold up the light. "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, a light unto my path." (Psalm 119:105) How many of us are going to celebrate Thanksgiving in the dark this year? I am going to share the real deal of the underbelly of this monstrosity we call Thanksgiving in hopes to shed light on what we can actually be thankful for. Take what you can and leave the rest, but please take something. First, its evolution began in 1621 as a three day feast. Then it was proclaimed as a "Thanksgiving" after the 1637 massacre of Pequots. 'Damn, we just murdered a bunch of Natives, let's eat.' Second, the history books were cooked so you could pull out a roasted, well buttered piece of bird rather than the bloody skinless carcass of a First American. Third, we don't share these truths at the gatherings we hav