I am giving thanks this week, for the country I call home, for the chance to hug my father at the airport after returning home from Vietnam and for the chance to finish college, all because I did make it home. I’m giving thanks for a great wife, great kids, great grandchildren and two really great great-grandchildren. I’m also giving thanks for a great church and pastor, for friends, and for so many other good folks in my life who have touched my heart and soul.