For us today is “The Day After OUR Thanksgiving Day”..we chose Friday so all the kids that were coming home could be here together. And it was great. In addition to eating the traditional turkey meal with potatoes, gravy, vegetables, bread dressing, cranberries + yams,lefse-homemade bread- pumpkin, apple, cherry pie…..we went round the table and told what we were most thankful for. There were 12 of us and the personal thanksgiving responses were unique and thoughtful.
One grandchild expressed thanks for his sweetheart and her family; two others said thanks for the school they attend and the wonderful teachers and friends there (St Cloud Christian School)….we were all grateful for our good lives with enough to eat, homes, parents, wives and husbands…..it was all heartfelt and serious and it was so good to hear it. All of us were thankful for having wonderful friends in our lives also.
My one grandson even was thankful for a “grandma that could cook!”
The day proceeded as usual—–we played games—Quiddler, Catchphrase (our favorite and the loudest one) and Apples to Apples. Soem of the “boys” both the ones in their 40s and the younger ones went out for a game of “yard football”. I think they also played “autos” a game with bats and old tennis balls that they invented years ago.
We drank many bottles of sparkling grapejuice–another family favorite. We all buy the grapejuice on special and pool our bargains and drink them on holidays. They are very tasty and we all love them….all kinds of them.
Today the “red taillights” have gone down the driveway and it is once again very quiet here. I am thinking seriously of “vegging out” all day and reading, napping or watching something truly desirable on TV..probably a favorite DVD (a BBC drama or mystery)
Today is cold and windy with cold air being blown in from Alberta no doubt.
It is a good day to stay warm and cozy.
