Poem, Pie, & Gift Guide
Nov 23, 2025
Happy Thanksgiving week! I hope you are giving thanks for all the blessings in your life. There are a million things that go right each day in your life... do you choose to focus on them?
Here is a little poem that speaks of gratitude, with humor and poignancy. Thanks for Vitality Circle alumni Claire Danielson, for introducing it to me.
The Vegetable Prayer, By Reverend Max Coots
Let us give thanks for a bounty of people.
For children who are our second planting,
and though they grow like weeds and the wind too soon blows them away,
may they remember fondly where their roots are.
For generous friends with hearts as big as hubbards,
and smiles as bright as blossoms;
For feisty friends as tart as apples;
For continuous friends, who, like scallions, keep reminding us that we’ve had them;
For crotchety friends, as sour as rhubarb and as indestructible;
For funny friends, as silly as brussel sprouts.
And serious friends, as complex as cauliflowers and as intricate as onions;
For friends as unpretentious as cabbages
And friends, like parsnips, who can be counted on to see you through the winter;
For old friends, nodding like sunflowers in the evening-time
And young friends coming on as fast as radishes;
For loving friends, who wind around us like tendrils and hold us, despite our blights, wilts, and witherings;
And, finally, for those friends now gone, but who fed us in their times that we might have life thereafter;
For this bounty of friends, we give thanks.
Speaking of vegetables, or butternut squash and sweet potatoes more specifically, I highly recommend making my healthy, but oh-so-tasty, PIE for your Thanksgiving. Everyone will love it!! Get the recipe HERE!
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Sending you warmth and gratitude. Thanks for being part of this community and willing to grow and heal in this challenging and beautiful world. May your week be peaceful, nourishing, and honoring of your amazing heart.
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