Editors note: Wilson, my 12-year old nephew, whipped up this guest post following our Thanksgiving dinner and rousing card game. Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday. You get say what you're thankful for, like food and shelter. The best part is becoming a living "food vacuum," then crashing on a couch and moaning, then, when pie [...]
Category: Thanksgiving
But, most of all, we love each other
This year, as our home slowly fills with the people I love, and empty glasses collect in random places throughout the house, and the washing machine begins its steady thump, and pots bang on the stove, and earnest chatter fills every quiet room, and strong hands plump extra pillows, and muddy footprints track snow across [...]
On wishbones and purple soup
Four days following our attempted consumption of the biggest bird we've ever shoved into our poor little oven, we're still coming up with creative ways to eat the leftovers. We turned the post-Thanksgiving sandwich tradition into competitive gaming, we used leftover bread crumbs and veggies in a Black Friday breakfast bake, we whirled frozen chunks [...]
We’re thankful for eyebrows
Tomorrow when I gather my family around our chaotic dining room table, I'm going to thank God most sincerely for my sister Kathy's eyebrows, because they're dark and lovely and brand spanking new. They gracefully arch over dark blue eyes that reflect profound courage, dignity, strength and optimism. My mom used to chase Kathy around [...]
Here’s to Gulliver, the first turkey I ever cooked (a post by Molly)
I'll always be grateful to Gulliver, the first turkey I ever cooked. From his humble beginnings on a farm owned by my father's friend, Gulliver grew to be the largest turkey we ever cooked in our oven -- weighing in at a whopping 22.46 lbs. He was a feisty turkey, even post-mortem, attempting a daring escape from our [...]