This Thanksgiving was really busy but I was thankful for that. I had 3 Thanksgivings instead of just 1 like in the years past. I got 2 days off without even asking for them off. Something I didn't have to worry about so that was nice and I could relax more. The 3 Thanksgivings were: with the church and community, with all the family, and with just the grown ups in Mt. Vernon and Lockwood. It was strange and different with how I felt this year.
I could take my time and not worry about work at all or anything for that matter. It was a nice, relaxing, peaceful time. Didn't have to worry about money either because I was at home. I worry a lot, don't I? It shows that I need another human being in my life. Anyways, back to the dinners. The 1st dinner I had was the community Church one. That was on Thanksgiving.
It was mainly for single people and homeless or low income people. The people that also worked it could eat there so that is how I got to eat it. My parents donated things and helped set it up. My mom sort of got it started because she knew who to get ahold of from one of the churches in town. There were door prizes that I didn't win but that was OK. My mom also had four boxes of books t o give away for free and she only ended up with one box of books at the end of it. My dad also helped with the donations of turkeys that were cooked for the meal.
The second Thanksgiving was my big family's Thanksgiving down in AR at my brother's house. That was the Thanksgiving to go to if you want to see children. All my nieces and nephews were there but 3 of them. Then one of my cousins and her family was there. Her children were all grown up. It was crazy to see them and hear them all talk. I had a smoked turkey there. I also got the children involved in making cookie turkeys out of Oreos. I also got to hold the little one a lot while I was there. She was totally walking on her own. She is getting so big! :)
I could take my time and not worry about work at all or anything for that matter. It was a nice, relaxing, peaceful time. Didn't have to worry about money either because I was at home. I worry a lot, don't I? It shows that I need another human being in my life. Anyways, back to the dinners. The 1st dinner I had was the community Church one. That was on Thanksgiving.
It was mainly for single people and homeless or low income people. The people that also worked it could eat there so that is how I got to eat it. My parents donated things and helped set it up. My mom sort of got it started because she knew who to get ahold of from one of the churches in town. There were door prizes that I didn't win but that was OK. My mom also had four boxes of books t o give away for free and she only ended up with one box of books at the end of it. My dad also helped with the donations of turkeys that were cooked for the meal.
The second Thanksgiving was my big family's Thanksgiving down in AR at my brother's house. That was the Thanksgiving to go to if you want to see children. All my nieces and nephews were there but 3 of them. Then one of my cousins and her family was there. Her children were all grown up. It was crazy to see them and hear them all talk. I had a smoked turkey there. I also got the children involved in making cookie turkeys out of Oreos. I also got to hold the little one a lot while I was there. She was totally walking on her own. She is getting so big! :)
The third Thanksgiving was at my parent's house with a good friend of ours and like a grandma figure to me. It felt really good having that friend over for Thanksgiving because this is the 2nd year that her husband, grandpa like figure to me, passed away so it felt like we were doing something good for her. She was in a good mood and helped us with the dinner a lot. It felt like having my grandma there again and for the same reason but it was closer because she lived closer to us. It was like we had another chance to care for a person close to us again. I'm just now thinking about that as I sit here writing because I didn't have time to think about that yesterday or the day before. This past weekend was just busy but fun. I had a lot of experiences and they were serving and showing me different ways I could be thankful so that was fun to see.
The 3 ways were: spiritually (community church one), with Family (AR one), and with friends ( home one). It really kept me in the mood of thankfulness for at least 3 or 4 days. I also kept thinking about where I am in life and I will admit another friend helped me to be thankful for some other things too. It has just been a year of growing for me and for being thankful for what I have now and did have because I know it could have been a lot worse in ways. This year has been different for me but in a good way and I wouldn't have it any other way. That was different but in a good way but now I am waiting for Christmas and birthday and New Year to see what those holidays hold and teach me.
It is great when you can have 3 Thanksgiving because, like I said, you can see how you a thankful in every way and I know I had different things to be thankful for at all 3 dinners.
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