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While I know that some of my readers are not American, I would invite all nationalities and creed to enter this contest. Even those who are morally opposed to being thankful.
What I want is to play “fill in the blanks.” I will award the best submissions for the following:
- I am very thankful for/that ___________________________.
- I am absolutely not thankful for/that _________________________.
Now, the “for/that” does not mean that you include both words; you choose between the two. For example:
- I am very thankful for the choice between “for” and “that” or
- I am very thankful that we can still choose between “for” and “that” freely in this country. or
- I am absolutely not thankful for choice. I am so indecisive and neurotic that I can’t decide and so am now having a panic attack….huff…..huff….
You get the picture.
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I am thankful for my husband and beautiful baby daughter.
I am absolutely not thankful for childhood cancer.
I am very thankful for that little dog in that goofy mutant sparrow suit with the red necktie over his nose up there.
I am absolutely not thankful for that stress fracture in my right foot.
(See? I used both ‘for & ‘that’ – ha!)
I am very thankful for the young men and women that are spread around the world helping to protect us.
I am absolutely not thankful for the loss of lives in Iraq because we were not allowed to completely put a stop to some of the madness “over there” in the first war.
From one veteran to another, a big thank you to the veterans who won’t be home for Thanksgiving again this year. Fair winds and following seas. God bless.
I am very thankful for my husband who supported me all the way through nursing school and never wavered in his support or love as I suddenly became too sick to work and have struggled nearly 4 years for diagnosis and treatment.
I am absolutely not thankful for doctors who judge without truly evaluating their patients has human beings… so I’m extra thankful for doctors like my PMD and Dr. Rob here who are different.
I KNOW I didn’t do it right. I have ADHD too.
I am very thankful that I am alive and aware more now than ever as one who is playing the back nine at 42 years old, as I seen things more clearly at the noon of life, while at the old age of youth.
I, however, am not thankful that there are not more who fracture social paradigms due to the anechoic effect associated with groupthink. In other words, I am not thankful that there are so few who speak out and so many who remain silent out of fear.
Dan Abshear
I am very thankful for our public service employees who put their lives on the line everyday to provide protection.
I am absolutely not thankful for lazy people who refuse to be contributing members of society & instead feed off of government money like giant parasites.
I am very thankful for my salvation, my husband and all my furry babies…and just in case they read this my non-furry babies too.
I am absolutely not thankful for bipolar & depression and the mean people I work with.
I am very thankful for the wondrous team of doctors who brought my wife through her cancer operation four months ago. No chemo or radiation needed now, either! woo hoo!
I am absolutely not thankful for the lack of progress on dementia like my mom has, although I hope, really hope, that next year I can list such progress up in the ‘very thankful’ sentence!
I am very thankful for my supportive family.
I am absolutely not thankful to those bankers who made my money transfer take a long route, just because I miss to fax first page of my passport. Now, I’m going to get hungry for a while.
Happy Thanksgiving Dr. Rob!
Rob…You are HILARIOUS! Thanks for the laugh!
I am Very thankful for people like you with a fantastic sense of humor and all the medical blogasphere humor which is what drew me in in the 1st place and so I am also very thankful for blogging because it really has been a blessing in my life for many reasons.
I am very thankful for the ability to perceive humor and laugh even during the most difficult times. I think laughter is a gift from God and a sense of humor can get us through the difficult times.
I am VERY thankful for love… in all it’s forms, for the ability to love and be loved.
So…I am VERY grateful for love and laughter and see that combination as a win-win for all of us.
Now because I never did take my power nap because I blogged… and so now I am feeling depleted of all creativity… i will just say that I am absolutely not grateful for the antithesis of everything I said above.
That turkey dog pic is a hoot!
Oh no… is that where Turkey hot dogs come from???
Wait!
is there such a thing as turkey hot dogs?
I should’ve done the power nap…I know!
I am very thankful to have my freedom back after leaving a bad marriage of 8 years. I am thankful that I have the opportunity to learn how to live my life again!
I am absolutely not thankful that it took more than 2 months to recover from the injuries sustained when it ended. Nor am I thankful that it took me 8 yrs to end it!
I am very thankful for my loved ones near and far, good humor, and a well-examined life.
I am absolutely not thankful for the ugliness and tragedy that we all face at some time or another.
I am very thankful for all that is positive in my life: reasonably good health, a means for making a good living, loved ones and friends.
I am absolutely not thankful for the suffering of my fellow man, my inability to make things right, and the apathy that keeps us from joining together to make a difference.
Laura, you got out, that’s what matters. It took me six years to get out, but sometimes we endure what we shouldn’t. All it takes is looking at the bullet holes in my furniture to make me smile and realize that, no matter what, I made it out the other side.
You did too. Go make the rest of your life what you *want* it to be!
I am very thankful for my job as a radiologist that allows me to sit in cool comfort while I work and (supposedly) make oodles of money.
I am absolutely not thankful that all other medical specialists and primary care physicians (with the exception of Rob, who I know is going to give me a coveted Golden Llama Award) hates my guts for (supposedly) making oodles of money as a radiologist
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