Survive or Thrive: Thanksgiving 2020
It has come and gone… another pandemic holiday in the sketchy books!
I prepped food for three days, I had a menu I was so happy with (thank you Pinterest!), I ran out of room in my refrigerator and had to shove aside some stuff in the “beer fridge” out in the garage to put the turkey in and a few other items. GO ME!
We have an awesome blended family that I can honestly say I’m proud to be a part of. For the kids its the best case worst case deal. Their parents may not be together but we all get along and even hang out.
Back to Thanksgiving! I wasn’t able to have all the family here that I would have wanted. I couldn’t hold my new-ish chubby twin nieces, I couldn’t hug some of my very best friends (my siblings), we couldn’t gather and laugh until we hurt…But we had a really damn good Givings!
My unofficial “Canadian step-son” came (my husband has contact with him frequently for work) and my daughters dad and step-mom came! We ate, we drank, and we were merry. Us ladies shared the kitchen and the men shared the living room and TV. They later played poker and us ladies played on our phones and shared stupid videos and all laughed…Together.
How much more could I have asked for?
My children played and laughed, they took turns helping me in the kitchen with a dish (OCD was highly tested), they were able to play and laugh because of the sacrifices that all of us have made to make that happen. Looking back none of those “sacrifices” were that at all but just odd adjustments.
None of us are perfect and some days FAR from it. We make Holidays work because its better to be happy and content rather than annoyed and bitter! We actually don’t stop or limit that to holidays. We genuinely have a good relationship. DAILY! My step twins’ mom and their step dad are a huge part of our lives as well. (more on that later as its a crazy full length story all its own) We have things in common but the main one is our Children. The main, most important, living reason to bring happiness into our parental relationship.
Lord keep us together, keep my children happy and healthy, keep us as parents on the same playing field. And Lord…Thank you! Thank you for all of these blessings, my life wasn’t always worth writing about, I didn’t always have a reason to smile, friendships and relationships that are so meaningful, and this much love. Thank you!
I am sincerely Thankful and Blessed beyond what I could have ever imagined. As a child that had to take two one-dollar paper food stamps for lunch in junior high to being able to purchase (with cash) and make an entire feast for my family and extended family…I owe so much to my husband…We have overcome a lot and I have come so far in my personal growth.
Thankful and Blessed beyond measure!
Again, I am new at all of this blog stuff so structural criticism is always welcome but…If you wanna talk crap this is not the place!
XOXO
Much love, The Momma!
