Read an article about this years wreath laying here.
You can level many charges at Sharon Osbourne, but she is brutally honest, and it is her vulnerability that makes her likeable.
"Everybody has something in the closet, and I reckon the best policy is always to be honest, then it can't come back to haunt you," she says. And she holds her hands up to her own "big mistakes". The biggest brings her to tears. "I had an abortion at 17 and it was the worst thing I ever did. It was the first time I'd had sex, and that was rotten. I'd always thought it was going to be all violins, and it was just awful.
"I was two months gone when I realised. I went to my mum and she said, without pausing for breath: 'You have to get rid of it.'
"She told me where the clinic was, then virtually pushed me off. She was so angry. She said I'd got myself in this mess, now she had to get me out.
"But she didn't come. I went alone. I was terrified. It was full of other young girls, and we were all terrified and looking at each other and nobody was saying a bloody word. I howled my way through it, and it was horrible.
"I would never recommend it to anyone because it comes back to haunt you. When I tried to have children, I lost three - I think it was because something had happened to my cervix during the abortion. After three miscarriages, they had to put a stitch in it.
"In life, whatever it is, you pay somewhere down the line. You have to be accountable."
- By JENNY JOHNSTON, The Daily Mail
"It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence ofAlmighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits,and humbly to implore his protection and favors." ~ George Washington, Thanksgiving Proclamation, 3 October 1789Today I am thankful for a loving and faithful wife who always always does her best to be all that God created her to be. Good and tender-hearted kids who are better than anyone else's and certainly better than I deserve. A vocation and calling that enables me to care for my family and to serve my country. The blessing of being a citizen of the most prosperous, benevolent and decent nation in the history of mankind. Thank you, Lord, for these and all my many blessings.
"There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American." ~ O. Henry
"And I do recommend that together with our thanksgiving, humble prayer may be offered to God, that we may be enabled, by the subsequent obedienceof our hearts and manners, to testify the sincerity of our profession of gratitude, in the sight of God and man; and thus be prepared for the reception of future blessings ... that the whole people may continue to be safe and happy in the constitutional enjoyment of their rights, liberties and privileges ..." ~ Samuel Adams, October 14, 1795, as Governor of the State of Massachusetts, in a Proclamation for a Day of Public Thanksgiving and Praise.And finally from American poet and author, Joseph Auslander:
"Dear Lord; we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving."Amen and amen!
Retired from the US Air Force after more than 20 years of service. Now working as a contractor for various government agencies.