Turkey Day Debrief

As this Thanksgiving comes to a close, I thought I would post some thoughts and observations about my day.

The food was outstanding, a combination of home cooking and contributions from my brother's favorite Soul Food restaurant. In addition to the traditional turkey, stuffing, and ham we had fantastic sides of macaroni and cheese, greens and sweet potatoes. Of course, Gina's sour cream pumpkin pie (this year with a graham cracker crust) was wonderful as always - I splurged and had 2 pieces.

A post meal game of Taboo was quite a bit of fun, although in reading this wiki article it seems that we were scoring wrong. No worries really as we eventually just turned it into a free for all which I much preferred. There was much laughter, and everyone joined in the fun.

While much has changed over the years, our menu, the location, the size and makeup of our family, the one constant is the joy that comes from being with loved ones. Some of our traditions have lapsed but new ones are born. Next year we'll be discussing toothpaste in the cupcakes, implants, and any number of inside jokes, meaningless to everyone but us.

I wasn't in a particularly good mood this afternoon (a business deal gone bad, someone I trusted that it seems I shouldn't have, blah blah) but I ended up having a great holiday. It seems that spending time with family is a wonderful remedy.

I hope that you all had a safe and happy holiday as well.

SB