Black Friday.

Every year follow Thanksgiving there is a great American Holiday, "Black Friday." It's the busiest shopping day of the year and kicks off Christmas shopping season. The term "Black Friday" was coined in Philadelphia in reference to the terrible pollution of that day.

This morning I experienced "Black Friday" for the first time. And I can understand why they really call it "Black Friday." Picture this: the store is full of hundreds of people, lines wrapping around the store and grumpy employees. The perfect way to begin the holiday season.

On a more serious note, I just learned that an employee died this morning at Walmart. He was trampled under the feet of stampeding shoppers. Unfortunately, this event is appropriate commentary on our society and consumerism. Sometimes it seems as though we get so caught up on what WE want and what WE need that we are blinded to the needs or well-being of others.

Let's try to remember what's important this Holiday Season.

the thought of thanksgiving...

makes my stomach rumble,
it sure isn't a time to grumble...

i'll play a round with the lee men,
and just call up some good ole' friends...

watch some football on the tube,
and just eat some delicious food...

the thought of thanksgiving makes me smile,
i'm off to kansas to rest a while.

:)

giving thanks

So another Thanksgiving is here and let me tell you, I’ve got A LOT to be thankful for. But instead of making a never-ending list of all the blessings, friends and family I’m thankful for I want to share with you a list of things I love about Thanksgiving:

Spending time with family.
Unfortunately this Thanksgiving it was just me and pops, but still it's wonderful to see family.

Sleeping in.

Playing golf with the Pops Thanksgiving morning.
A great Lee men tradition.

Watching/playing football.

Macy’s Day Parade.

Putting up Christmas decorations.
This year we're going with the reindeer and sled. It's a pretty impressive display if I may say so myself.

Mama Lee’s home cooking.
Mama Lee always knows best and cooks best too.

Being in Kansas.
No place like home.

Happy Thanksgiving y'all.. from my family to yours!

sharing is caring

So recently a friend of mine told me about a very easy way to help families in need this Thanksgiving season. All you have to do is go to: www.spreadthesharing.com and type a short story about a time that you shared or someone shared with you. For each story, Country Crock (the Butter company) will donate a meal to a family through America's Second Harvest.

This is a really simple way to give thanks, here was my "story:"
Last spring break a bunch of friends and I traveled down to Miami to spend a week building houses for Habitat for Humanity. Being able to share our time, energy, and resources was really rewarding.

I would really like to encourage everyone to take a couple minutes to do it as well. And once you have, please share your story on this blog with a comment (you can do it anonymously). I think it's encouraging to hear how other people have shared or been shared to.