Sadly, I didn't make it back to the homeland this year for Thanksgiving.
As alluring as the prospect of the holiday in California is, the airfares were verging on offensive this year, and between the travails of traveling at the same time as 100 million people and the fact that I'll be home in a few weeks for Christmas, Paul and I opted for a staycation this time around.
With all of the downtime the lack of travel afforded us, I had time to reflect, tritely enough, on those things in my life that I'm grateful for. Tying for first place are my smart, hilarious and soulful boyfriend, my family who I like so much (love is a given with family, like is not always) that I miss them terribly when we're not together at the holidays, and my wonderful friends, a second family that more than fill in when the first one can't be around.
I'm also grateful for all of those cocktails in living rooms on Thanksgiving day, for the dinner at Five Points that we eventually made it to that night (especially that baked oyster appetizer), and for the apple pie that Paul brought home Wednesday evening so we could approximate leftover nibbling in the days after Thanksgiving.
I'm grateful that Paul and I get to throw a party for our nearest and dearest in a few months, that we get to go on a honeymoon to a faraway land together (any India travel suggestions by the way?) and that we get to come home afterwards to a comfortable home.
And I'm grateful for those of you who come here to listen to my ramblings, to exchange thoughts, to show me new ideas, new links, new concepts. My life is so much richer for it. Happy Thanksgiving.
3 comments:
Happy thanksgiving Laura. I remember hosting american thanksgiving (we call it american thanksgiving, since canadian thanksgiving is in October, and the dutch don't have thanksgiving at all) when I was on exchange in Norway in college. My friend marlene and I cooked a turkey in the oven in the communal residence kitchen and had a group of 15-20 international students and american ex-pat professors join with their families. It was awesome. There are no substitutes for holidays with family at home, but sometimes holidays away can be very memorable.
sounds like a good year ahead! only more to be thankful for to come!
A lovely post, Laura. For a while now, we've had the tradition of going around the Thanksgiving table and talking about the things we're thankful for from the year that's almost ended. There is always plenty. You've reminded me here that I'm thankful for all the smart, sharing blogging friends I've made.
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