But then there was the homework assignment: What am I thankful for?
While I can easily list off all the things I am thankful for, it is a bit challenging to try and explain to a 5-year old what thankful means. So after all of my word salad confused him, I turned to the good old dictionary.
Here's the definition according to merriam-webster.com:
Thankful: conscious of benefit received; expressive of thanks; well pleased, glad
So those definitions didn't help me so much in my explanation. But luckily some of the synonyms did:
blissful, delighted, gratified, happy, joyful, joyous, pleased, satisfied, glad, tickled
I still think at 5, he doesn't necessarily get it. But asking him the question made me realize we probably need to keep talking about it until he does get it!
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