I am thankful

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Today I am going to bake a Sweet Potato Casserole with Marshmallows. Pookie and I will then head over to my parents’ house. My mom will have already started making stuffing and green beans and cranberry sauce, etc… My dad will have the peanut oil cooking in the cauldron set up on our back patio. I will film the dunking as I have for the last 9 years.

Our neighbors won’t be bringing their turkey for frying this year since their oldest son is taking over the Thanksgiving responsibilities at his house in Baltimore. I’m a little sad because I always enjoyed the hustle and bustle they brought to the day.

This has been a difficult year for me, as I am sure you regular readers know. Getting laid off twice, trying to figure out what I want to do with my life, setting up my own business and working hard to get it to take off. I am grateful that I have been able to head down this path of setting up my own business. I am grateful that God has been directing me and nudging me so very firmly over the last year. I’ve never once felt alone or abandoned. I am grateful I have my family and Pookie who have all been so very supportive of me. I know I’ve gotten bitchy at times and yet they help me anyway. And as I said before, I feel so very grateful that my face is intact and I am not trapped in my body unable to move for 23 years.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!