Welcome back to the daily gratitude minute. This is Scott Colby from say it with gratitude. Today is Thanksgiving day in the United States. I don't want to wish everybody who is celebrating a very happy Thanksgiving. I am fortunate and grateful to be spending Thanksgiving with some family members. My parents.

I'm at my parents' home in Smith mountain lake in Virginia. And you know, for about 20 years, I didn't spend Thanksgiving with my family. I lived for 11 years in Dallas for nine years in Denver. And I always chose to spend Christmas time with my family and. It's expensive to fly home twice within a month. So I usually just stay put for Thanksgiving.

Uh, but now I'm blessed to live in Knoxville, Tennessee. And it's only about a four and a half hour drive to my parents' house. So I'll be celebrating Thanksgiving with my mom and dad, Jim and Gloria. And then also my sister, Jill. Her husband, Dennis, their dog biscuit. He can't leave out. And then my nephew, who I'm really excited to see.

His name is Benjamin. He is a freshman at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. Uh, so my, his parents, my brother and his wife, they live out in Northern California. So, uh, Benjamin decided instead of flying all the way out to California from Pittsburgh, kind of a, an expensive flight. He decided to make the Trek to my parents' house in Virginia.

So I haven't seen him in five years. Uh, the last time I saw him was in 2017, when we all got together to celebrate my parents' 50th wedding anniversary. Interesting fact. So Benjamin goes to Carnegie Mellon. I was actually accepted there for college. I didn't go there, but his dad, my brother, Chris went and got his, uh, PhD at Carnegie Mellon. So pretty cool that Benjamin's going to the same.

College that my, that his dad. Got his PhD. And then we also wanted to just express gratitude towards my family. You know, there, I'm very lucky to have them in my life. Uh, have supportive siblings and parents, very loving. Um, You know, whenever I'm in need. Uh, if I'm struggling in some area of my life, relationships or loss of a pet.

Uh, financially business wise, I've got a supportive family that I can turn to. Anytime I want for emotional support or other types of support, visit them could stay with them. Um, and it's been that way for a long time.

Uh, just growing up. Uh, had a very good, um, upbringing and that's carried on into adulthood. So I'm definitely grateful for my family. You know, not everybody has a supportive family. Um, but whoever you're spending the day with whether you're celebrating Thanksgiving or you don't celebrate Thanksgiving, cause you're in a different country, whoever you're spending the day with on Thursday here.

Let's. Give them some extra gratitude. Show some love, give a hug, flash a smile, write a thank you note. We could all use more of that in our world right now. And, uh, I just hope that you can spend.

This day with some loved  ones.

I'm Scott Colby with say it with gratitude. And this has been the daily gratitude minute. Cheers.