This year, our family celebrated Thanksgiving on Saturday rather than the government-designated day since this was the only day we could all get together. And it was totally worth the wait.
When I was seven, my family moved from Massachusetts to California. (Please forgive the seeming non sequitur, but please bear with me.) From that moment on, my family has been celebrating at a minimum Thanksgiving and Christmas every year with my mother's sister's family. That my aunt's family for those easily confused.
As we have grown up and grown older, it is easy to forget how blessed we are to have such a big, loving family. It is easy to forget because they are always there. Maybe not in person but in my mind - knowing that their support and love is always with me. Why wouldn't it be? That's all I've ever known, and it has shaped me for the better.
Coming together again with all of our families just reinforces that bond... but it also makes the absence of those who couldn't join us more poinent (like All Things BD). However, life goes on, and you appreciate what you have rather than what you are missing.
Yes, Thanksgiving was an amazing celebration. Not because of the delicious food or beautiful decorations but because we were all together giving thanks for having each other. My grandmother, Jane, passed several years ago, but her legacy of family lives on. And her family is reaping the fruits of her labor. Thank God!
Yeah... you can say that I have a LOT to give thanks for.
4 comments:
Glad you had a wonderful time. We missed you guys!!
I'm new here! What a great blog :) ♥ Hugs!
Wow, well, sounds like a great time!! And hey, with big families, you get together when you can. I was gone the week of Thanksgiving, so all of my family came over on the Wendnesday, the week before Thanksgiving for Turkey and the fixings with me :) It was perfect, and then I could go and not worry about missing it. Works for me!!
Sounds like you had a great time! How special that you got to spend it with all of that family!
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