I saw this so long ago and copied it to a file and forgot about it.  I saw it again on someone elses blog and thought I'd take the time tonight to put words to it. 

  I am from Raggedy Ann dolls, from Kool-Aid and Volkswagen Bugs.

I am from the stucco walled, ranch style, beanbag snuggling suburbs.

I am from the fern, daisy, macramé, the birds of paradise, tulips, sunny skies.

I am from grilling bratwursts at family gatherings and high foreheads, from Sandy and Dick and the Parrishes.

I am from the goofy and movie obsessed.

From stop arguing or I’ll knock your heads together and were going fishing at the lake.

I am from being dropped off at the local Baptist Sunday school room to driving back and forth between parents houses on Sunday afternoons.

I’m from the sandy shores of the West Coast and second generation immigrants from the mid west, from bratwursts and chocolate chip date nut cakes.

From the grandfather who earned three Purple Hearts in WWII on Okinawa, the accordion player and the paratrooper in Vietnam.

I am from Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm, Lake Nacimiento and the Colorado River, Mt. Shasta, Huntington Beach, surfboards and sunsets on the beach.

I hope this gives you a little something to smile about and something to identify with.  I pray that you each have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day with your families and that you remember to love each other in spite of each other.

Blessings.