| happy thanksgiving weekend! | | Date Created: Nov 24, 2006, 10:23 AM |
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People here in London always ask me, "Did you have a good Thanksgiving? Do you celebrate it over here?" And if by that they mean did we all take the day off of work and school and cook a huge meal, the answer is no. For me, the celebration of the holiday has always had a lot to do with extended family -- I still remember the pattern of our early married life of spending Thanksgiving with one extended family and Christmas with the other. Not being able to do that, for me, would make cooking up turkey and sweet potatoes and so on kind of a hollow celebration.
If they mean did I pause to take time to be thankful to the Lord for my family and friends and blessings, well then the answer is yes.
And last night, Shanese reminded me, we did celebrate like the Pilgrims of old. For we had a feast of foods that were given to us by Indians. They were the wrong sort of Indians, but, hey... a local Indian restaurant was having a half-price sale on take-away meals to celebrate their 10th anniversary.
Blessings to you all this Thanksgiving weekend! |
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