Our own thanksgiving dinner

As you all know, "Thanksgiving" is only celebrated in United States of America (and in Canada). They celebrate it as a way of (as the name implies) giving thanks for the harvest of the previous year. Long ago, this is a day of prayer not of feasting, but as time change and history change, it is now celebrated with a dinner (and a turkey at that.)

But "Our Own Family Pambid Tradition," we also, once in a year, have a "thanksgiving dinner." Not so much as how the Americans celebrate it but it just a simple dinner at home or in our chosen restaurant. (No turkey involved.)

It is our way of  thanking God for keeping our family safe and together for the whole year round. Thanking Him for the good and also the not-so-good harvest that came. (Good harvest that helps our family financially, emotionally, psychologically, physically and spiritually.  Not so good harvest that tested our faith yet made us stronger as individuals and as a family.)

By doing and creating traditions in our small family, my husband and I want our kids to learn the importance of being there for one another, importance of being together, instilling the importance of having a grateful heart for all the blessings (no matter how big or small) and emphasizing that   "gratitude" should not be neglected. Gratitude to God first and foremost, to the situations that led us where we are now, for the good health that we have and for the people who journeyed, is journeying and will be journeying with us.

Our thanksgiving dinner tradition (the Pambid way) is also our own way to celebrate life as a family. And one day, we're hoping that my kids will continue or will have their own tradition in their would be family as well.