Hello and welcome to the Imns for Mama podcast. I'm your host, Abby Halberstadt, happy wife,

mama to 10, Bible, believing Christian. And on today's episode, which is going to be short and sweet,

I want to talk about something that's very pertinent for this week, at least in the U.S.

But before we dive in, I want to highlight my good friend Elizabeth Parsons shop,

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So what is pertinent about our topic for this week?

Well, this is the week of American Thanksgiving in the U.S. I know

Canadian Thanksgiving was last month, the very beginning of this month, and I know that

everybody celebrates Thanksgiving around the world and not everybody is an American that listens

to this podcast. So welcome if you're not. But I always think that it's interesting to study or to contemplate the concept

of gratitude because it's not a concept that is dwelt on much in our society. Instant gratification,

personal kind of aggrandizement or advancement, fulfillment, manifesting your dreams and your hopes, those

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