勤労感謝の日

<div style="text-align: center;">While I am not exactly excited about the roots of this American holiday, I do understand the need to reflect on who we are thankful for in life.  In Japan this is celebrated as 勤労感謝の日、or labor day thanksgiving.  Though the name and date changes during the occupation of Japan after the war, it originally was a celebration of the first harvest of rice.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is easy to get caught up in our everyday and take those around us for granted.  I am thankful this year for that realization, even though it came at a great cost.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mom's vegan pumpkin pie. </div><div style="text-align: center;">感謝！！</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGr31C4AmvMnICEJxZucfqhPtkXepK8zGPWMAAJkUWGAg1qFvZVhTB-c4jk9i1etZVD8X_NTLIxD90DF9KkHk-vDSQAXgRuHKR14EsPKGT_0LZvkV9mNlfCbteyoWrjnqxywD2T2ndSAI/s1600/Pumpkin+pie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGr31C4AmvMnICEJxZucfqhPtkXepK8zGPWMAAJkUWGAg1qFvZVhTB-c4jk9i1etZVD8X_NTLIxD90DF9KkHk-vDSQAXgRuHKR14EsPKGT_0LZvkV9mNlfCbteyoWrjnqxywD2T2ndSAI/s640/Pumpkin+pie.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My dad finally retired. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I put him to work.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I look forward to being able to spend more time with him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Door demo!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS6cWr1LKmAhnSIgtM9HKGdOVqvyVQqOx8HNp66_J__4Hhh1IUPTsSNmEQXHTObsIbcFryvdT3LNffhtjnredXJg7Qz-dhhLtXtFkNvOWzWXDda87oin7ArIVD-ACPvYMb6nJJewYWtDk/s1600/Door+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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勤労感謝の日

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