Holiday Season

Thanksgiving here at the Mansion is always on the quiet side and that is how it should be.

It is a time to gather together and appreciate our loved ones. It is so great to have a time set apart nationally when tradition, family, kindness and sharing are the only things on the schedule. Employers and employees alike share together in the respite from our usually hard work and stressfully filled lives.

We had a lovely guest visiting with us from Australia this year that opened my eyes to a different way of viewing our lives here in America. Gwyneth was impressed with our “Thanksgiving Day”, and thought it an amazingly important day as it is so overlooked as a whole by all of God’s children. She marveled at the many work projects around the city and admired what she called our “Can Do Spirit”, and the marvelous way we never give up here in the “States”. She was envious of the wonderful spirit here among the people and compared it to the defeatist attitude that she sometimes felt envelope her own people. What a wonderful compliment to the country and especially Utah.

I know how busy our lives do get during this season, even when we think it is already very busy and schedules full, but what a wonderfully awesome responsibility to realize that the eyes of the world are on us and looking for our leadership in so many ways, even in this “Giving Thanks”.

I was encouraged, by a very smart friend, to take a few moments every day and find 10different things that I am especially thankful for. They don’t need to be big, it’s the little things, remember, that really count. Try it.

The most important word in the English language….REMEMBER!

GIFT SUGGESTIONS:
1. Plan a family reunion
2. Plan a get-away with a brother or sister’s day
3. Give a gift to someone that you know will not give you one

Check out our great specials on gift certificates. They make great HOLIDAY GIFTS!!!

Judy Savage, Innkeeper
The Armstrong Mansion - Salt Lake City, Utah