our forefathers thanked god for the gift of the harvest and sought blessings for the winter ahead. we give things, too, for wounded warriors and faithful spouses, for courageous cops and fearless firefighters, but most of all for ordinary heros who overcome the perils of modern life and help keep our families together. we thank god in each other for the quiet supermen and women who teach our children, who take care of our youngest and oldest, who cook our food, who pick our crops, who minister to our souls. they star in the most successful reality show ever, ever on the air. american life. inspired by the book, some of us attend service on this day and sing now thank we all our god with hearts and hands and voices, and some of us line the parade rights of america or sit in our living room and stare at the balloons and laugh at the clowns and tap our feet to the show tunes, and give thanks for