My boyfriend gets to spend the day here since his family is doing their dinner over the weekend and my parents have just began their 5 hour journey to my house. I am about to start preparing the bird and stuffing. I love cooking Thanksgiving dinner... but then again, I love cooking.
I also love taking pictures of the food I cook. My mom teases me a little about this. I will add some photos after the feast is complete so you can see my handiwork. (Well, as long as it all turns out alright.)
I'm a bit torn on the whole Thanksgiving holiday. I love the idea of giving thanks and sharing the day and a huge wonderful meal with family. The Tryptophan overdose, the parades, the football - it's good stuff. It's the whole ordeal with what the Pilgrims did to their hosts and hostesses in the new world that disturbs me. Basically, I take the holiday and mold it to what I want it to be. I have my own wacky individualized ideas on religion and philosophy, so I suppose I do that with a lot of holidays. By the way there is 0.24grams of Tryptophan per 100 grams of Turkey, in case you were wondering.
One of my most memorable Thanksgivings occurred five years ago. I had a glass top dining table and a house full of family. The turkey turned out spectacular (if I do say so myself.) Well, everyone had loaded their plate with the exception of my step-mother. She had just reached down to scoop up a load of sweet potato casserole to complete her meal and out of nowhere the entire glass table top shattered into a million pieces. I will never forget the shocked look on her face. I think there was a few moments of stunned silence from everyone in the house actually. Luckily there were no injuries and we all had at least one plate of food for dinner. I will admit that I was pretty bummed about not having leftovers, though. I love my family. In an effort to console me they bantered about with many little jokes about how it only made that year's holiday unique and memorable. They were right and we all still have a giggle about that day.
I will end today's post with what I am thankful for...
* My beautiful daughter - with her I have found strength and love within me that I never knew existed before she came into my life.
* Family and Friends - I am blessed to have so many wonderful and weird people in my life.
Really.... what else is there? With those elements in my life everything else becomes a piece of cake. Sure there are trying times, hard days, tragedies and injustices in life - but with a loving support system we can navigate our way through this bizarre thing called life and enjoy the beauty and fun along the way.
To those that celebrate, Have a wonderful holiday. To those that don't, Have a wonderful day!
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