But on Thanksgiving Day, our founders set it up as a reminder that we Americans have many things for which we should be thankful. Let me list just a few for which I am personally grateful. 1. The God ...

I give thanks for the young maple tree outside my window that waxes gold only on one side when the sun is just rising. I give thanks for the wave of honking geese flying in formation overhead. I give ...

Editor’s note: In the spirit of Thanksgiving, our readers wrote to us to share what they’re grateful for. We are publishing their many letters over three days, concluding today. Although it gets a bad ...

“I’m thankful for the ability to use technology to keep programs going—and to add in new elements.” ~ Gina Anderson “I am thankful for all of the ways Purdue has gone above & beyond to address the ...

After about two days in kindergarten, we are exposed to the concept that life isn’t always fair, and sometimes bad things happen to good people. Just because we are exposed to this concept doesn’t ...

As we approach the end of another year, I can say I am thankful for a number of things in my life. The love and support my family provides, the fact that my loved ones and I are healthy, my wealth of ...

In 2006, a few days before Christmas, doctors announced my wife had six months to live. She had, they said, a rare form of cancer that had spread to her lungs. There was really nothing that could be ...

I hope that at this point you're all completely recovered from a Thanksgiving holiday full of fun, family, togetherness and — of course — thankfulness. I know I am, as I'm currently in the Austrian ...

Editor's note: For many years, Roy Exum gave his reasons at Thanksgiving to be thankful. Here is his 2018 edition: I am not sure when I began my tradition of making a list of some of the people, the ...

I am thankful and generally enthusiastic about where we are in the SBC. I am just one man, and I don’t claim to speak for anyone else. But here are ...

The first-graders of the 2022-23 school year do not appear to take much in their lives for granted. In response to our annual query — “What are you thankful for?” — these 6- and 7-year-olds credited ...