Thanksgiving
I'm a pretty fortunate person. Sometimes I forget that, caught up in the minutia of life, mired down by the little things and losing focus of the big picture. I think Thanksgiving is one of those times that it is good to step back and try to get the BIG picture.
When I do that, the BIG picture is a good one. I hope that your BIG picture is enough for you.
This time of year, I also think about some past Thanksgivings. Ever since I've been married, August 20, 1989, my in-laws have come to visit us for Thanksgiving wherever we may have been living. New Orleans, Oklahoma City and Rochester, NY are the places I lived before Washington.
One year, back in 1999, things did not go as planned. For one, I was unemployed. On top of that, my wife's grandma was ill and my in-laws felt that they just couldn't get away. At the time, we lived in Rochester and my brother in-law also lived there. They live on Long Island.
Since I wasn't working I decided that we could save Thanksgiving. I cooked the turkey that we had bought and then carved it up and put it in the refrigerator and then I convinced Helaine and her brother that we could pack up the turkey and drive down to Long Island and have Thanksgiving with her parents after all. It didn't take much convincing, but the whole time down, my wife kept asking us if we should call. We kept telling her that we were doing the right thing and to stop asking.
We just showed up on Wednesday afternoon, un-announced In fact, they weren't even home when we arrived, but after a few minutes they showed up. They actually waited in the road for a moment trying to figure out whose car it was and then it all made sense. They were very happy to see us.
That was also the only Thanksgiving that my wife was pregnant which makes for even more special memories So, considering that we called a last minute audible, it was a pretty good holiday after all.
The in-laws are in town again and my son is now 7 and we'll have plenty more good Thanksgivings to come.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
When I do that, the BIG picture is a good one. I hope that your BIG picture is enough for you.
This time of year, I also think about some past Thanksgivings. Ever since I've been married, August 20, 1989, my in-laws have come to visit us for Thanksgiving wherever we may have been living. New Orleans, Oklahoma City and Rochester, NY are the places I lived before Washington.
One year, back in 1999, things did not go as planned. For one, I was unemployed. On top of that, my wife's grandma was ill and my in-laws felt that they just couldn't get away. At the time, we lived in Rochester and my brother in-law also lived there. They live on Long Island.
Since I wasn't working I decided that we could save Thanksgiving. I cooked the turkey that we had bought and then carved it up and put it in the refrigerator and then I convinced Helaine and her brother that we could pack up the turkey and drive down to Long Island and have Thanksgiving with her parents after all. It didn't take much convincing, but the whole time down, my wife kept asking us if we should call. We kept telling her that we were doing the right thing and to stop asking.
We just showed up on Wednesday afternoon, un-announced In fact, they weren't even home when we arrived, but after a few minutes they showed up. They actually waited in the road for a moment trying to figure out whose car it was and then it all made sense. They were very happy to see us.
That was also the only Thanksgiving that my wife was pregnant which makes for even more special memories So, considering that we called a last minute audible, it was a pretty good holiday after all.
The in-laws are in town again and my son is now 7 and we'll have plenty more good Thanksgivings to come.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
posted by Howard Bernstein, 9 Weather Now at
12:36 PM
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