Have you noticed that everyone needs to tell their 2020 Thanksgiving story? It’s part of the glue holding us all together, perhaps usurping any discussion of the weather. Of course, we’ll move onto Hanukkah and Christmas and then, who knows what the next topic will be! Perhaps our particular vaccine story, but of course that could be emotional. Thanksgiving, however, is universal and non-political. And so, I offer mine.
We ordered from Longfellow’s Wayside Inn: delicious New England Clam Chowder, turkey, mashed potatoes, squash, stuffing, gravy, and a pumpkin pie. It was advertised as a meal serving eight to ten people. We had only four, my husband and me, and our son and daughter-in-law, but the Inn’s website reminded us, we could always enjoy the leftovers. And that, we are still doing!
I’m grateful for the meal but also for the ease that I felt as I set the table and cleaned up. Enough, as far as I was concerned, for any person on a given day. I’m grateful because I was relaxed, as were the other three celebrating with me. I think we all noticed that in ourselves and in one another.
We ordered from Longfellow’s Wayside Inn: delicious New England Clam Chowder, turkey, mashed potatoes, squash, stuffing, gravy, and a pumpkin pie. It was advertised as a meal serving eight to ten people. We had only four, my husband and me, and our son and daughter-in-law, but the Inn’s website reminded us, we could always enjoy the leftovers. And that, we are still doing!
I’m grateful for the meal but also for the ease that I felt as I set the table and cleaned up. Enough, as far as I was concerned, for any person on a given day. I’m grateful because I was relaxed, as were the other three celebrating with me. I think we all noticed that in ourselves and in one another.