Thanksgiving started a day early this year, which was great. It's kind of like opening some of your Christmas presents early...except it's turkey and it's not wrapped...and it's not under a tree...and, well, in any case, Thanksgiving started early at my house this year and we had a ball! My mother cooked the whole meal (Thanks, Mom!), and we had our neighbors and some other family friends over on Wednesday night...Thanksgiving Eve. We had a great time and enjoyed some great food. There were lots of delicious things on the table, from the turkey to the gravy to the sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce...but my favorite is my mom's cornbread stuffing. There's just nothing quite like it, and I never get tired of it. For me, even the turkey is an accessory to the cornbread stuffing, even though it and everything else is so good. Good food, good friends, good fun, and a Thanksgiving feast a day early! This may need to become a tradition.
On Thanksgiving Day, we joined friends at their beautiful new home along with a whole bunch of people for a big Thanksgiving celebration. It was a great time, with more great food, and I really enjoyed spending time with friends as well as meeting new ones. We had a great afternoon, and really appreciated the invite. Thanksgiving night was spent having fun and leftovers with friends back at my house. All in all, what a great couple days! I'm so glad we have a holiday set aside for giving thanks, because we need to take time to do that. And what better way than with people we care about and who care about us. And what a powerful thing to take time together and give thanks to God who takes great pleasure in giving His children good things.
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