Thanksgiving has never been a favorite holiday for me. It has always meant, “ok, now it is time for the real holiday season”…and it means mashed potatoes. With gravy. Anyway, this year is different. Thanksgiving 2013 is, for our family and friends, a true Thanks Giving. On August 2 of this year my husband, Randy, was admitted to …
I’m not quite ready yet (wasn’t it just Valentine’s Day?) but there is no stopping Thanksgiving. A holiday which took on it’s modern day form in 1863 due to a woman, Sarah Josepha Hale, editor of the Boston Ladies’ Magazine. Thanksgiving is a day spent with family and friends, watching football (sorry Sarah) and feasting …
I love Thanksgiving and it’s traditions. I bring out dishes and silver that have been handled by so many loving hands in my family. I love the connection to the past and to the future. My grandparents with their two small children moved from a small town in east Texas to south Louisiana in the …
I hear a lot of people talk about their fears of aging. What I hear the most is dealing with ambiguity. The not knowing. You don’t know if you will have enough money, you don’t know if your body will hold up. You fear being lonely or your partner dying or maybe being unhappy with …
