So tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I am honestly feeling a little down. Typically on Thanksgiving you spend time with your family….. Right? Well that’s not necessarily the case this year for me. My parents traveled out of town to spend Thanksgiving with my sister, and my brother and his little family traveled to see his wife’s family. My boyfriend is sick so I may or may not get to see him. So I started to make plans to see my granny……. Then BOOM!!! She is out on travel with a couple of her daughters. There’s just something about not having options that makes me feel left out. It’s just in my nature.

I refused to have a completely sucky Turkey Day so I started to rummage through the cupboard to piece together a semi traditional Thanksgiving dinner to cook…. Food makes everything better right?….That a fail. At this point I was just laughing at myself… How could I be so unprepared?! How could everyone else have somewhere to be but me and Zay?! My son deserved to be surrounded with family and friends right?

Being alone with my son allowed me to recollect my thoughts and gut check myself. I realized I don’t have to be with family to have a good Thanksgiving. I can be thankful without all the bells and whistles that come with the tradition. I began to pray to God and thank him for what and who I do have regardless if they are near or far. I decided to change my perspective. I’m now able to have a peaceful night with my son and we will make it through the holiday even if it was just the two of us. Seconds later my best friend called and invited us to come and eat with their family tomorrow. Won’t he do it?! My son also kept me out of the funk I self inflicted on myself. He just layed his head back, looked at me, and smiled…. He’s 5 years old and he can brighten my day with a single look. It reminded me to get out of my feelings and…. Smile!

My point of this post was definitely not to complain so I hope I didn’t offend anyone…. But my point was to encourage anyone else that may be having somewhat of a nontraditional Thanksgiving this year. Dig deeper and change the lense that you are viewing your perspective through. God’s got you so if anything, be thankful you are spending Thanksgiving with Him. He will never leave you not forsake you. Happy Thanksgiving y’all!