A Wonderful Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day, and we had lots of opportunities to remember all that we have to be thankful for. Although it's 8:00 here, I am in no way hungry for any kind of food, and my brain is definitely feeling very fuzzy. We had an incredible feast today, and it was really neat to think about the people whose recipes we were eating. We had Aunt Eloise's orange-jello salad, Elizabeth's sweet potato casserole, Nana's squash casserole, Grandma's ginger snaps, and Pam's chocolate-pecan pie, as well as other traditional favorites like my sweet potato biscuits, and cranberry-pear sauce, Mom's green beans with almonds, dressing, mashed potatoes, and of course, turkey and gravy. We had friends over too, Ira and Jody, and she brought a wild rice dish, another cranberry salad, and a pumpkin pie. Yes, our table was very full! After we ate, Dad read George Washington's original Thanksgiving Proclamation (in which we noted SEVERAL completely unconstitutional references to God, religion, and other things--shouldn't he have known better?!!), and we all told about things that we were thankful for this year, and how we've seen God work. We really enjoyed Ira and Jody's company. Before they were married, she was a missionary for several years in different places, including the Ivory Coast, so she had many good stories to tell. It was a day of good food and great fellowship! We are most of all thankful to be a part of the body of Christ, where even though we're not related physically, we're related spiritually, and we can look forward to spending eternity together, worshipping the Lord!