Thanksgiving overflow

Can hardly believe it's that time of the year again. Well, Florida "fall" weather makes it even harder to believe so.

That excuse to eat an exorbitant amount of food, spend tons of money and deck the halls with boughs of holly.

Ooooh...and the new Relient K Christmas album should be out soon too. But I digress.

The American holiday season is now becoming an exercise of excess. (Not that we don't already do that every other day of the year.)

1. Excess of food - bring on the pounds!
2. Excess of shopping - 4 am doorbusters!
3. Excess of decor - gigantic blow-up snowglobe!

Despite the commercialization of the holiday season, there's something about it that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside. (Yeah, cheese grits, but true.) So many memories of holidays past come flooding in, reminding me of how good I've really got it. It reminds me of how blessed I've been through all these years. It reminds me to be THANKFUL for what I've got, instead of long for what I don't.

God has given me 22 wonderful years of health, happiness, love and grace. And as if that's not enough, he pours on the blessings. And then some.

Talk about an overflow? My cup runneth over.