A Time for Gratitude

Today is Thanksgiving.  In truth, this is my favorite holiday.  Some of my fondest memories are of this holiday. From  Mom cooking in the kitchen (the smells, the sounds, the warmth and coziness of the house), my sisters and brothers coming home to the feast, dad carving the turkey and cutting in the pumpkin pie and getting scolded by Mom.  The laughter, smiles and hugs....Family.

It's such a wonderful time for families to come together and count their blessings.

This is quiet Thanksgiving for T and I this year; it's just the two of us.  We had a slight difference of opinion on the turkey.  I bought a turkey breast for us to enjoy, but T wanted dark meat so he went and found a 6 lb turkey for us to enjoy.  

He told me had the pumpkin pie covered too.  Cool!  I thought he ordered it from Perkins. Nope.  He had told his friend Mike to have his wife bake us a pumpkin pie in exchange for T giving Mike a box of shotgun shells.   A win for Mike and T, but poor Linda got stuck making us a pie. For the record, I was mortified that T would be so bold as to ask to have the pie made for us.  Secretly, I'm like "All right1" LOL

Last night I had a great phone call with my niece Karen and my sister, Peggy.  In the past three years, Peggy has invited us to her table to celebrate Thanksgiving with the Beckman family.  However, this year she is in Minneapolis with her daughters Karen (Dave) and Joan (Matt and Iris).   How wonderful to have both daughters in the same city again.   Peggy was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and is in Minneapolis due to having just had surgery.  Although cancer is not something to be grateful for, everything does happen for a reason.  Her daughter, Joan, is a Hematologist/Oncologist for the University of Minnesota.  How grateful we all are that she is home and able to help her mother navigate through this health event.  And how comforting to know that she is staying with Karen (Dave) and being taken care of.

As Thanksgiving is a time for gratitude and family, I wanted my siblings to know that I was thinking of them and to wish them a Happy Thanksgiving. I called each one of my siblings this morning; each were busy preparing for their respective gatherings with family, as it should be.

So while I'm waiting for the turkey to cook, I am reflecting on my gratitude.  I'm thankful for Tom, my loving family, truly amazing friends, the gift of life and health and the abundance in which the good Lord has allowed us to enjoy.  

May you all  treasure this day;  reliving  memories of Thanksgivings past, and making  new memories for the future.

With Love and Gratitude,

~Sherry~

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Rob said…
A belated Happy Thanksgiving to you Sherry. There's a lot that we all have to give thanks for, especially our good health. We here in Canada celebrated our Thanksgiving last month (ahead of you guys in the US), although we didn't have anything like that big Macy's parade that went on yesterday! :-)
November 23, 2018 at 5:41 AM
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