. . . we were visiting relatives in North Carolina at the request of our son Gideon, experiencing wonderful hospitality from my husband Jim’s aunt, uncle, and cousins. See the post I wrote on Thanksgiving Day, showing Gideon still almost bald from chemo, still wearing his back braces. It’s always good to reflect back about the past year on big holidays, I think, because we usually have clear memories of that day. So-called ordinary days tend to blur together, but holidays stand out. What was going on in your life last Thanksgiving? I think we will take some time tomorrow to share memories of how our lives have changed and progressed this year. Emphasizing the year as a whole may keep us from falling into cliches. How far have we come? Where do we hope to be at this time next year?So, as I head off to the grocery store (since I’ve really procrastinated about shopping for tomorrow’s meal, and no, I’m not serving a great big turkey that won’t have time to defrost), I want to deliberately think about all the ways God has worked in our lives this year. And to appreciate what He’s doing right now. Tomorrow as we gather I want to be truly present, not stressed and harried about the meal or the cleanup afterwards. What about you? How will you deliberately cultivate thankfulness about the past year?
Praise God Gideon is so much better this Thanksgiving!
Happy 2015 Thanksgiving! We definitely need to get together bf Christmas or shortly thereafter.