Last year I was supposed to finalize my divorce the day before Thanksgiving. The process had been started 14 months earlier and was dragging on and on and on and I was very much looking forward to just getting everything wrapped up and being able to finally move on. The day before we were supposed […]
Thanksgiving
A Different Kind Of Thanksgiving
When I was a kid we had these huge Thanksgivings at my great grandmother’s house. They were awesome. My grandmother and her sisters and my aunts and uncles and cousins were there and my great grandma would sit on the couch watching Lawrence Welk while my Gma and aunts cooked Thanksgiving dinner. And then we’d […]
My Simple (and perfect) Thanksgiving
When I was a kid we’d have these epic Thanksgivings with like thirty relatives and we had two or three tables strung together and I loved it. It was like the Thanksgivings you’d see in the movies. Over the years, our Thanksgiving celebrations have dwindled down to less and less people. Relatives moved away, great […]
A Reminder Of What’s Really Important During The Holidays
We are a couple days away from Thanksgiving, and I just want to give you all a reminder. The holidays, and Thanksgiving in particular, are meant to be a time for you to really think about what really matters to you. And who really matters to you. To spend time with those people if you […]
An Awesome (and easy) Thanksgiving Tradition To Start With Your Family This Year
A friend of mine — Eileen from Little Acorn Learning — posted this picture of her Thanksgiving table last year: I thought those cards were such a nice idea. What a great way to encourage interaction and kindness around the Thanksgiving table! This year I really wanted to do something similar. So I made some templates […]
If you are in PTFOM (Pre-Thanksgiving Freak Out Mode), READ THIS.
I am so far behind where I wanted to be today !!! UGH! And I started to go into PTFOM a little. So I decided to take a moment to breathe, and I thought I’d offer you this little reminder. It’s okay if your house isn’t perfect on Thanksgiving. In fact, it’s even okay if […]