Happy Thanksgiving Eve!

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of year! While we all do our best to show our thanks throughout the year, we sometimes get caught up in the multi-tasking urgency of the day-to-day and forget to act thankful, though we feel it still. Thanksgiving reminds us to step out of ourselves and reflect on what is important. I am thankful for a loving family, all of whom were particularly warm and helpful during our October power outage. I am thankful for my wonderful and patient husband, our 14-month old son who makes us laugh every day, and our soon-to-be-baby due in March. I am thankful for caring friends with rich histories and endless futures. My life truly is a cornucopia of blessings.

We polled our Facebook fans on what makes them thankful, and what makes their Thanksgiving holiday special. Here are some responses, enjoy them as you prepare for your holiday, and feel free to add more responses in the comments section below!

Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

What are you most thankful for?

Family-Trudy

My family!-Diane

I am thankful for good health and great adult children... -Mary Lou

My healthy family!-Avon

My healthy family!-Jody

My healthy family!-Gone Hiking

For the friends that are working for free to finish building our home after my husband died I call it "The House Built With Love"!-Janet

My family and friends!-Yvette

Family and health are everything. Good friends are a close second.-Tracy Lee

My children - grandsons and soon to be grand_______???? Oh yeah - my husband who helped make it all possible.-Mary

My family.-Lisa

My wife and family. Especially my wife for taking care of me after my strokes. -Joe

My family and my sobriety!-Mary

My family and love-Angela

My children and the teachers that help to mold them into smart and responsible little buggers. Oh and my parents! They are always there for me -Tanya

Forgiveness & God's love. -Lisa

My family and a special little guy in our family's life-Karen

Our families!-CMIT Solutions

I LOVE cranberry sauce! Which side dish makes Thanksgiving special for you?

MMMMMM...... Mashed potatoes and gravy!!! Yum Yum!!- Jenny

Green bean casserole-Jeanne

Sweet potato casserole (not the one with marshmallows).-Andrea

Am making my own whole berry orange and apple sauces-Janet

Our version of succotash! Lima beans and corn!-Janet

It's all about the stuffing - and the ambrosia fruit salad.-Glynis

I'm with Glynis...it's all about the stuffing.-Cindy

Black olives.... Reminds me of being a kid at my grandmas at thanksgiving. I was only allowed to have 5 of them ( but would sneak more)-Ryan

Sweet potatoes with tiny marshmallows - once a year delight!-Donna

Stuffing-Mary Lou

Must have cranberry sauce, also I have to have sweet pickles with cauliflower and onions, yummy!!-Donna Louise

Stuffing, with nuts, cranberries, celery, & onion. Gettin' hungry!-Jennessa

Green bean casserole with the burnt onions on top!-Jay

Thanksgiving stuffing vs. dressing? Cooked in or out of the bird? Which is better?

Stuffing cooked in the bird-Kathy

Stuffing and outside. Do not trust putting it in the bird. It can be put in the bird and be safe I know that, just don't like the risk.-Elean

Stove-Top or the highway.-Chad

Out.. with nuts, sausage, and cranberries -Kim

Stuffing inside and more outside. Cooking Thermometer to double check temp of stuffing inside just in case.-Shannon

OUT withOUT a dOUBT-Mike

Meat stuffing inside, bread stuffing outside!-Vickie

Stuffing - outside the bird and from a box LOL-Donna

The bird stuffed and cranberry on the side-Kim

Stuffing un the bird!!-Donna

No brainer homemade stuffing in the bird and homemade cranberries on the side!-Willow

My gf makes an awesome stuffing with oysters. And THAT is why she is my gf!-Jay

Pumpkin pie? Apple pie? Sweet potato pie? What pie says Thanksgiving best?

Pumpkin!!!-Jeanne

Apple!!!!!! No contest!!!-Jenny

Chocolate Pecan...have to have it!-Kathleen

Pumpkin pie!!!-Janet

Apple or pumpkin pie!!!-Erin

Pumpkin pie cheesecake-Donna

Banana cream -Jean

You forgot Peacan Pie.-David

Pumpkin!-Lindsay

Pumpkin Pie...-Gail

I just made an organic pumpkin pie, my 11 year old eats it for breakfast. The best! But one of every pie is a must and the one that goes first for me is my secret recipe Blueberry!-Willow

Pumpkin pie-Jackie

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