[Abear]

(This is an excerpt from today's Dear Abby column.)


And now, I'll repeat the Thanksgiving Prayer that was
penned by my mother years ago. My Thanksgiving
would not be complete without it:

O, Heavenly Father,

We thank Thee for food and remember the hungry.

We thank Thee for health and remember the sick.

We thank Thee for friends and remember the friendless.

We thank Thee for freedom and remember the enslaved.

May these remembrances stir us to service.

That Thy gifts to us may be used for others. Amen.

P.S. We have much for which to be grateful this
Thanksgiving Day. For those of you with a little time to
spare, how about showing our gratitude to veterans by
visiting a veterans hospital and raising the spirits of those
who have served our country?

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! -- LOVE, ABBY