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The Month of Thanks

 November is the month we celebrate Thanksgiving in the US, a time to remember everything we're thankful for. In our family, that means gathering for a family meal, spending time going around the table to mention one thing we're thankful for, and enjoying a veritable feast compared to other days of the year. We also spend time singing together, gathered around the piano and accompanied by one or more guitars and/or other instruments. We usually sing hymns since they work so well for singing harmony.

 

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Thanksgiving Meals At Our House

We've gotten away from turkey for the most part when it comes to the main dish. We prefer beef roast or ham, so this year, we're doing both of those, as well as roasting some chicken. 

Also new for this year, our youngest is going to fix up a corn casserole. One of her friends at work is sharing her recipe for that. The dish will be tricky for me and one other person at our table, but we're going to see what we can do to make it easier on our picky systems. 

I'm planning to bake some iced pumpkin cookies, topped with a candied pecan half. I got that recipe from The Homemaker's Mentor -- it was in one of their resources. I'll also make the cranberry sauce I love. A friend from Texas gave me the recipe and I try to cook it for both Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Neither one of these things is going to be easy for me to eat, regardless of how I fix them. There's just a lot of sugar involved and I can't do the fake sugars or the 'healthier' sugars. Straight up cane sugar or maple syrup are my go-tos but they're not easy to balance. I've learned to cut the sugar in half or even by 2/3 so I can tolerate the dishes easier. That's difficult for such a tart thing as cranberries, less so for cookies. 

I think one of the reasons I love Thanksgiving so much is because there are no gifts involved other than the gifts of sharing the load of cooking and sharing time as family. There's not such a burden to 'choose the right gift' or 'put on a happy face when you get a gift you're uncertain of'. There's not such a rushed atmosphere, either. It's like every pauses to just remember and breathe. 

What's your Thanksgiving like? We'd love to hear your story.

A Breath of Hope

And now for a breath of hope from the Bible...

Taken from the Complete Jewish Bible by David H. Stern. Copyright © 1998. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Messianic Jewish Publishers, 6120 Day Long Lane, Clarksville, MD 21029.

Thanks so much for reading today! I hope you're enjoying the autumn weather where you are and that your cup is running over with blessings...that when you start counting them, it'll take quite some time before you can't think of one more. :) 

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