Thursday, November 26, 2015

Happy Thanksgiving

Spouse & I left this morning for VA to have Thanksgiving dinner with our family at Spouse's sister's home.  We used to host Thanksgiving at our home for the first 18 years we were together.  But with our nephew wanting to see his friends over his break from college and our niece who had a baby less than 2 weeks ago, we have resigned ourselves to no longer hosting Thanksgiving in order to accommodate our family.  Things can't always stay the way we like them so this is our new reality.  We will certainly have a great time together, eating a delicious meal and spending time together.  We'll stay overnight at Spouse's mom's house tonight, make a trip to Trader Joe's tomorrow, and then head home sometime tomorrow afternoon.

Whether you spend Thanksgiving with your family, your spouse's family, with your 'chosen family', or quietly at home, I hope you reserve some time to be mindful of the many things for which you are thankful.

5 comments:

Bob said...

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, Mark!

Mistress Maddie said...

Eat chicken....no way in hell. Happy Thanksgiving to you and Joe. Xoxo

anne marie in philly said...

gobble gobble!

Ur-spo said...

I am thankful for knowing you two.

Fearsome Beard said...

The family is finally leaving here. It's been a week of their vacation, my constant housecleaning and cooking. While I enjoy it and them, I'd happily give it up for a year or two.