The Barbecued African Turkey That Helped Me Appreciate Thanksgiving

This is a great Thanksgiving story. I know you'll enjoy it, and maybe even think about it as you sit down to your Thanksgiving meal. This story is written by the actual Soldier, who is also the author.

She was missing home until her hosts helped her count her blessings.
Thanksgiving morning in 2014 found me on a small Kenyan army training base outside of Nairobi. I was serving as a public affairs mentor for an African Union staff officer training course. It was hardly a foxhole Christmas, nor even my first holiday on active duty, but there was something about spending most of the day away from other Americans that was bringing me down.