It isn’t a secret that I love hosting Thanksgiving. It is
one of those holidays where I get to have people around my table, filling my
home with joy – and there are no expectations. It is just people coming
together and enjoying the blessings we have.
Some of our friends-who-are-like-family were not there this
year, but we had thanksgiving, and laughter, and the warm feeling of knowing we are loved.
(A rousing game of Telestrations 12-player Party Pack certainly increases the
laughter 100-fold!)
Thanksgiving Day prep is something I look forward to every
year ….
And, as the day draws near, I try hard to relish this season of Thanksgiving –
thankful for those who work so hard to allow us to have days like today – farmers,
our military, our first responders. I am thankful for this wonderful place in
time that God has placed us. I am thankful for the blessings of a beautiful family,
incredible friends, and neighbors who end up being your rock when you start off
on this journey of parenting. I’m thankful for my husband and for his strong faith,
and for our children who make this journey as crazy and as amazing as it is.
But, when all the guests have left, when the dishes are put
away, when the quiet of the night has fallen upon us, we turn those autumn
leaves and pumpkins into the light of Christmas anticipation.
Wishing you peace and blessed anticipation over the next
four weeks of Advent, friends,
~Tricia
