Giving Thanks

Free at last from “Thanksgiving”!

I am so thankful to have escaped BFE, USA. It took two years of research, a year of bureaucratic BS and a fair amount of cash, but we made it. (Whew!)

At last, we are free from the ‘freedom’ of the random shootings du jour, the daily violence and the violence of the weather. We are finally free from the watered-down and chemically treated food and drink, the gender, age, and racial biases and general inertia of hate that has become so prevalent. Not to mention the broken legal system and lack of any kind of practical health care. The country was great a long time ago. Now it is a shambles.

This year we will enjoy the peace of our new home country, the friendliness of its people and the wonderful food that beats the hell out of turkey and green bean casserole any day of the week.

It will be like any other Thursday, without the frenzy of the American holiday. We will eat at a nice restaurant without having to fight for reservations and enjoy ourselves without the stress and angst of the traditional American Thanksgiving. (There’s a reason that the biggest sales day of the year for liquor stores in the US is the day before Thanksgiving; better have a drink because you are going to need it!)

We are so happy that we took the leap and left the US. For that, our good health and our loved ones, we are supremely thankful. We are giving thanks for not having to have Thanksgiving!