Thanksgiving is my second favourite holiday. Traditionally I spend it with my family, and eat way too much of the delicious food we all help prepare. This year was a little different. We had friends over, instead of family, and the weather made it feel more like Christmas than thanksgiving, what with all the snow accumulated on the ground and still coming down.
Weather notwithstanding, we plowed forward. We risked cooking a whole turkey this year: our first time. On the outside packaging, it said "may be missing parts" and I though, 'oh, maybe it won't have all its innards or something' but no- when we opened it up we discovered a one-legged bird. Poor thing, it didn't stand a chance. But it sure was tasty! We ate it with stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, greek salad, carrots, fresh home-made buns, and apple crumble for dessert. Mmm!
Another tradition is to go around the table while we eat and everyone says one thing for which they are grateful. It's hard to limit it to one thing, don't you think? I have been especially blessed this year. I have a beautiful, healthy, happy daughter who makes every day wonderful; a loving husband who works and goes to school to help support our family; the best larger family anyone could ever dream of (I love them all so much!). And that's just the beginning of the list! I thank our Heavenly Father every day for his loving blessings, for giving me so much. I look at the beautiful earth around me, and my wonderful family, and wonder how anyone can doubt His existence. Something so perfect does not happen by chance!
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