Thanksgiving is about thanks and giving .....

[Ketchn]

I want to start off by saying of course I post my version of fish reports in several social media areas . One is facebook under an assumed name of course like all the rest . So you see over there I am known as Johnny Ketchn and I have a couple of "friends" there . One such fella asked to be my friend last week and told me he wanted to buy some deer meat . I of course said that was huge no no , but I could possibly give him some .
He went on to tell me about his dilemma , he is a disabled veteran and out of work and the list of problems for him went on and on . I told him since he lived pretty far away if he could get closer to DFW I could fix him right up . Told me they were not going to have a Thanksgiving because of the money situation and I told him ....we will fix that problem for sure !
So we met in the middle of no where and I gave him a big ole butterball turkey for his family and an ice chest full of venison , in the mean time the ladies at work I shared the story with said they would get all the dry goods together .
Well let me say this we shook hands a few times and he went on his way after a real large hug that bought made us both shed tears . Meanwhile my phone is going nuts and its a bud that says OMG get over here quick brother it is on fire with slabs .
Here goes the interesting part , I am only about 10 minutes from where he is !
I probably couldn't have made a lunch trip over there because of the distance from DFW but the situation being what it was I could stop by for an hour or so .
He wasn't joking yawl and we slung big ole extra fat slabs up on the dock . I mean like the minute I hit we were jerking fish and it went on and on . I left after passing out a few baits to the other handful on the dock and packed up a few in my now empty ice chest for dinner .
So you see a simple act of kindness and generosity and look at the reward .
Give Thanks this week and give if you can , it will come back to you as of we all know you reap what you sow ......

[Redge]

Very nice! Those are some good ones! Glad you helped that gentleman out.

[Spaceman]

God is good. Thanks for helping someone in need .

["D"]

Great post Johnny. This is a hard time of the year to give, but that makes it all the more rewarding. I myself am cooking a full bird dinner for some shut in's tomorrow. Thanksgiving is great, because it starts with thanks and ends with giving. Danny

[funfishers]

Folks on this forum are great people. I drive an hour to work each day around 1:45PM, I check this forum several times before I leave because I'm lifted up by the fine people here.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!

[skeetbum]

A good deed done and an almost immediate repayment for a job well done. It just doesn't get any better than that. Very Good Job Mister!!!

[Ketchn]

thanks for the nice comments and I firmly think this here type of behavior will cure the illness in our country and world .....
quick update , he posted on one of my deer photos on facebook how thankful he was and how much they enjoyed the venison steaks they had for dinner ......
have to like a thankful response in addition to the instant reward program for sure
happy thanksgiving to all ....

[Bigskyfisherman]

I want to start off by saying of course I post my version of fish reports in several social media areas . One is facebook under an assumed name of course like all the rest . So you see over there I am known as Johnny Ketchn and I have a couple of "friends" there . One such fella asked to be my friend last week and told me he wanted to buy some deer meat . I of course said that was huge no no , but I could possibly give him some .
He went on to tell me about his dilemma , he is a disabled veteran and out of work and the list of problems for him went on and on . I told him since he lived pretty far away if he could get closer to DFW I could fix him right up . Told me they were not going to have a Thanksgiving because of the money situation and I told him ....we will fix that problem for sure !
So we met in the middle of no where and I gave him a big ole butterball turkey for his family and an ice chest full of venison , in the mean time the ladies at work I shared the story with said they would get all the dry goods together .
Well let me say this we shook hands a few times and he went on his way after a real large hug that bought made us both shed tears . Meanwhile my phone is going nuts and its a bud that says OMG get over here quick brother it is on fire with slabs .
Here goes the interesting part , I am only about 10 minutes from where he is !
I probably couldn't have made a lunch trip over there because of the distance from DFW but the situation being what it was I could stop by for an hour or so .
He wasn't joking yawl and we slung big ole extra fat slabs up on the dock . I mean like the minute I hit we were jerking fish and it went on and on . I left after passing out a few baits to the other handful on the dock and packed up a few in my now empty ice chest for dinner .
So you see a simple act of kindness and generosity and look at the reward .
Give Thanks this week and give if you can , it will come back to you as of we all know you reap what you sow ......

Ketchn, that's a great story. BTW, those look more like pot-bellied pigs, rather than slabs.