Thanksgiving 2023

Happy Thanksgiving!  It's been a very nice day.  My mom and her friend, Deb, came down for lunch.  Andrew and his mom arrived Tuesday evening, and Catherine and Thomas are here as well.  Andrew and his mom prepared quite a feast.  Earlier this month, I was lamenting only having seven people here for our meal, but some craziness ensued, and I'm very grateful it was the seven of us around the table.  I don't mean to be vague, but I'm not sure I want to really write about that.

Both my school and Andrew's school had the entire week off work.  Last evening, we watched five Thanksgiving episodes of Friends.  To be honest, I think that is probably my favorite Thanksgiving tradition we have.  We laugh and laugh about those shows.

In sad news, I learned that my friend Stephanie lost her father this morning.  I saw him last summer when her daughter graduated from high school.  My love and prayers go to her family.

Hopefully, tomorrow is the beginning of the decorating! 

My dad has been gone ten years

It seems so hard to believe, but my dad has been gone ten years.  It seems unfathomable to me that an entire decade has passed.  There are so many days when I find myself wishing I could ask him how to do something, how to fix something, or get his opinion on something.  There are so many times when something will happen and he's the first person I want to share it with.  Even ten years later, those things happen.  It's so unreal that it's been ten years.

I know it's been a few weeks since I've written.  Life has been both crazy and dramatic lately.  It's all going to work out though.  I'll recap when I can.  I'm so looking forward to Thanksgiving week, some down time, some family time, some good food, and decorating for Christmas!