Thanksgiving....

As I am reminded today at how impersonal online chatting can be and how much is misconstrued I find myself thinking of the week ahead and the fact Thursday is thanksgiving. Last year we were in Charlottsville with Craig and Robin - we went to Keswick Country Club for Thanksgiving dinner - I honestly think it has taken me a full year after to fully understand the concept of thanksgiving. I keep wanting to buy something for it - but there is nothing to buy - there are no cards - wow, the concept really does make you look inside and really think about gratitude and how to express it to one another. It is quite mind-blowingly simple in its practice. But we get so caught up in so much other commercial crap we for get the plain old normal easy (?) tasks of being grateful and thankful. Anyway this year this little family will be having a thanksgiving dinner and as I was telling my Mum about it this morning and explaining to her how this all feels I welled up and was quite tearful - I have so fucking much to be thankful for. So this year as a little family we will gather and we will talk about all the things we are grateful for over the past year - I fully expect a few tears and much laughter. And to celebrate this in style I have the menu for this years Thanksgiving dinner for Keswick club and I will be borrowing some of their ideas and recipes. Foremost in my thoughts are my family and dear friends - I will be remembering each one of you this year and I will give thanks for you in my life. I love you all x But most of all I love and adore you Dizee xxx