That’s right. I’m talking the Monday morning after the
Thanksgiving weekend.
Have you stashed all your washed china away yet? Polished
your silver before putting it back?
Most of the time it’s Momma.
Two days, sometimes three, ahead of the big day, I start
cooking pies and preparing those casseroles so that the big day isn’t so hard.
My husband cooks the turkey and ham and that takes a LOT of pressure off me. I
think one of the hardest things is to get it all on the table hot and ready
when there is only one oven!
But I did it, we did it, and then I spent the rest of the
weekend loading and unloading the dishwasher and carefully putting china away. Ha!
But it’s Monday now and I can drink my coffee and relax.
Still it’s worth it to make my family happy and make those
memories for my boys—still teenagers now. But one day, I want them to bring
their families home to Momma's for Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is such a wonderful time to focus on family and
friends and come together to think about all the things we’re thankful for.
And let’s face it. We don’t do that nearly enough! I don’t
know what the statistics are, or if anyone has gone to the trouble to find out—but
I think we might spend way more time thinking about everything that is wrong in
our lives than thinking about everything that is right.
So I have an action item for you.
On this morning after, don’t
slip back into that old habit of letting all those little things that go wrong
and add up to one bad day, get to you. Be deliberate about finding reasons to smile and have joy
on the inside.
Be deliberate about cultivating a grateful heart.
Make THAT your habit and I promise it will change everything
about your life. Before you know it more good things will happen.
Life is
good. Life is a gift.
Okay, you can start now. What can you be grateful for at this moment in time?
I'll go first. I'm grateful I get to enjoy coffee with my husband this morning, sitting on the comfy sofa in our living room and watching the news while we watch the snow. It's a beautiful day.
Blessings!
Beth
I hear you. This momma was grateful for her sil. My daughter, sil and grandson live right next door, so we had two ovens to use. My sil had the turkey in his oven and the ham in my oven. I prepared the desserts this year....on top of hosting Thanksgiving. It all turned out great. I could have used paper plates, but I chose to use real ones. A LOT of dishes, done by hand, but worth it.
ReplyDeleteWhat am I grateful for at this moment? Peace and quiet....even the dogs are sleeping, giving me peace.
God bless your week.
Debbie, me too. The peace and quiet after the "storm" of Thanksgiving is welcome. And it's snowing, something we rarely got in Texas but now that we're in Minnesota, I suppose we can expect to see this until spring. Enjoy your day and the rest of your week.
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I'm thankful for the friends who gathered around the table Thursday.
ReplyDeleteI'm thankful that I know how to cook - and that I got to use my ability to cook all week long. I'm thankful for family that bought all the supplies so that I could enjoy cooking for them. I'm thankful for family - the young, the tweens, the moms & dads, youngsters and oldsters. I'm thankful for my husband and my Savior - Jesus. Life is a gift - there's lots to be grateful for - and heaven is on the horizon!
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