Thanksgiving Dinner

I love holidays that give a person an excuse to focus on dessert! 2 apple and 2 pumpkin pies, now that is a topic that I can totally invest in. While thinking of the myriad of things I am thankful for one must include being thankful for food in all its abundance. What I eat today is wonderful but I want something different tomorrow, and the life style that we are allowed to live allows that privilege.

We had Thanksgiving with Emily and her family. She set a beautiful table, my father would have been proud. My father always disliked the reality that we carved the bird before we presented the bird. He allowed as it looked like left overs before it had ever made a first appearance. I do agree, but it is ever so much easier to carve it at the kitchen and then present the food to be eaten. Emily did it on the table and it worked well. We needed a few more people however, because we didn't do much damage. Truth be told, we are not much for turkey, most prefer the dressing to the bird. But the two have to go together and we all love the soup and will enjoy an encore performance tomorrow.

And, as is tradition in the family, we will get together again this evening for a major snack and dessert. One eats the main course for a noon meal and then just enjoys the desserts later in the day, like at dinner time. It saves a person feeling the need to over eat as much. I love it this way and am pleased my children have continued the tradition started by my Grandmother. She knew what she was talking about when it came to food!

Happy Birthday Nancy!

Today my baby turns 23 and is awaiting the birth of her baby. Life is certainly made up of circles. I waited and now she waits. And there will be a time where this child shall also wait for the birth of the next generation. It just keeps rolling on in a God-given pattern. I love the peace that those circles give. No matter how crazy life can get, and it can get mighty crazy, the patterns just keep rolling on as God has intended them to roll on.

But who would have predicted my cute blond baby would become the woman she has become. I knew from the beginning that she had potential to move mountains, but I guess I never really thought she would actually do that. When Nancy puts her energy into something things happen, be they mountains moving or other things less dramatic. I am in constant amazement as to what she manages to do and how she does it with such class. That is a gift she came from Heaven with because I have neither the knowledge nor the skills to teach that one.

And now I will move on to the circles of today....not as dramatic but equally as interesting and important.