During these changing times with a President going out and a new coming in, I am reminded of Abraham Lincoln’s wonderful

gift of giving us our national Thanksgiving Day.  We had, at the time, different state Thanksgiving Days but no national one where all of us could celebrate together.  He has left us with not only a wonderful national holiday but many words of wisdom that can be shared down the years.  His deep faith in God and his sense of justice for all are a beacon for current leaders and soon-to-be leaders.

During his re-election campaign there were many calls for him to resign and withdraw from the race.  He answered it with the following words:

“I desire to so conduct the affairs of this administration that if, at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have lost every other friend on …