Thanksgiving
I dashed into Safeway yesterday to return an item that got in my cart by mistake. Safeway is quick and easy about returns.
“Hey, hi.”
“Hi.” The woman at the counter took the can and gave me the refund.
“Are you off on Thanksgiving? ”
“No I’m here- working.” She shrugged a little, then she smiled, a really nice genuine smile that lingered on her face. “Every day is Thanksgiving for me.”
“Wow. That is so cool.” That one sentence went straight to my heart. I grinned back. “Well, have a great day.”
But you know, her words stayed with me. “Every day is Thanksgiving for me.” I’m smiling just writing this.
Happy Thanksgiving, dear person at the Safeway counter, today on Thanksgiving… and every day.
Ethel Lee-Miller blogs regularly about people, the power of words, and her writing life. She retired after 30 years of teaching, and semi-retired from coaching, and professional editing. Founder of the Eastside Tucson Writing Room based in Tucson AZ, she’s posted 100s of blogs, and is the author of Thinking of Miller Place, and Seedlings, Stories of Relationships. These days she writes to inspire, to connect with folks, teaching about the power of words, gather writers together, and for the pure enjoyment of it. Ethel enjoys teaching, speaking, and storytelling at Odyssey Storytelling, Artists Standing Strong Together, Tucson Tellers of Tales Center for Spiritual Living Tucson, her latest endeavor New Story Pod, and anywhere there’s a mic or a Zoom room.