We don't live near family, and we rarely enjoy a visit home for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Mother's Day -- any of those times traditionally spent with family. Instead, we find friends who quickly become a family to us, and we spend those important days with those friends.
I am very thankful for that, for them.
We aren't making our traditional trek to Tuscany this Thanksgiving, but we are spending it with our
For my girl, these kids are like her family . . . for this, we are all thankful.
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Here's a sneak at a couple of items on today's menu:
Aunt Cheryl's Candied Yams
This is not a dessert! I know it's difficult to comprehend, but technically it's a vegetable because buried deep in there are some yams ;)
Dana's Pecan Pie
I've made this often enough that I can attach my name to it, or so I tell myself.
The Menu
Shrimp Mold
Relish Tray
Peanut Butter Stuffed Celery Sticks
Crostini (Tuscan style)
Fresh Turkey
(yeah, like from the Italian butcher & not the frozen section)
Turkey with Mark's (To-Die-For) Stuffing
Debra's (How-Did-She-Do-That) Sweet Carrots
Butter-filled Mashed Potatoes
Drunken Cranberries
Aunt Cheryl's Candied Yams
Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Classic Green Been Casserole
Cheryl's (This-is-Better-Than-the-Italians) Radicchio
Dana's Pecan Pie
Pumpkin Pie
Ms. Bishop's Pumpkin Roll
Clementines
The Good Wine from Mark's Collection
San Pellegrino
Malvasia
(Maybe I've left off something? I am not sure!)
The most beautiful thing about this strange and scattered menu is that it is about "us," about where we've been, who we are now, and, perhaps, where we are going. Each and every one of us values that greatly. That's a beautiful thing for which I am thankful.
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