Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. It is during the Thanksgiving weekend that we gather with family and friends to reflect and give thanks for the many blessings experienced throughout the year. Like you, I have much to be grateful and thankful for, like you, I have been blessed beyond measure and I am blessed and grateful for a friend like you. simple because despite the upheaval, turmoil and uncertainty of life, we still have much to be thankful for and should be grateful for the many blessings we have experienced. Before you relax in your favorite chair, cradle the remote, feast on turkey, ham and chicken and before Football becomes your best friend, I wish you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving, and send you these words of encouragement. “Count your blessings instead of your crosses, Count your gains instead of your losses, Count your joys instead of your woes, Count your friends instead of your foes, Count your smiles instead of your tears, Count your courage instead of your fears, Count your full years instead of your lean, Count your kind deeds instead of your mean, Count your health instead of your wealth, Count on God instead of yourself. Please have a slice of pumpkin pie on me. Have a Blessed and Happy Thanksgiving with the warmest of regards, Ellis B.