Thanksgiving 2017–siblings together again at the family farm.
Oh for those Thanksgivings gone by! The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade would be on TV, mom would be filling the house with the aroma of butter, sage, and turkey. I’d be watching out the window counting down the minutes until the cousins came . . .
The kids’ table. Tex Ritter on the stereo. Playing outside even if it was cold because the adults needed a minute of peace. Eating the whipped cream off the pumpkin pie because what kid likes pumpkin pie?!?
This year we’re having lunch with another couple–good friends of my husband’s. It’s small but sweet. And last night I baked the sweet potato pie (MUCH better than pumpkin). And made my mother-in-law’s cornbread dressing.
Which is a compromise. I very much prefer the dressing made with cubes of white bread but to say that my husband LOVES his mother’s dressing is an understatement. And love dictates such sacrifices. And yet . . . as I sauteed celery and onions in a ridiculous amount of butter then added the sage and poultry seasoning . . .
I was transported. It smelled like childhood. It smelled like Thanksgiving. And joy welled up in me followed quickly by tears. We won’t be having Thanksgiving with either of our mothers. And both of our fathers are gone now.
I have much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. Not the least of which is a wonderful family. And while I would like to be with them all–in a way I am. There’s a heart connection that distance can’t touch. And for that, I’m deeply grateful.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Beautiful Sarah. And yes, sweet potato pie is much better than pumpkin. I never tasted
pumpkin pie until I moved from central Virginia to northern Virginia at 20 years of age. I
still don’t like!
I’m with YOU!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. Potato pie is better, and I have lived in the South all my life….
Exactly! Hope you and Ed had a great Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. I follow your emails. Thanks for them.
You’re welcome and Happy Thanksgiving to you!
Well said Sarah!! 🙂 (as usual ❤️)
We should ALL be SO Thankful this year especially ✝️ It was bittersweet here..just my hubby & I..nice in a way though..I’ve been the one to cook & carry to Moms with ALL the families coming over to eat for years! Miss them all but enjoyed
the quiet time & cooking for 2 is much easier :)) Happy Thanksgiving!
Now that’s putting a positive spin on it! Hope it’s been a wonderful, restful day.