Food for Thought

Food for thought.  Food is usually in my thoughts.  I spend a lot of time thinking about what to eat, when to eat, where to eat, and who to eat it all with.   Most of what we do is centered around the food. 


This week will be no different!  I have already sat down and wrote out what we'll be eating.  I even have already bought the things I could buy that would not spoil.  The turkey is in the freezer and will be coming out to start it's thawing process very soon.  I know some people who just don't understand the fuss over making a big meal.  I feel sorry for them.  They have no idea of how sitting around the table with loved ones, eating a meal, and reminiscing is not only fuel for the body but fuel for the soul.  When I was a kid we spent many meals around my grandparents' table.  That table has now been sitting in my dining room for a very long time.  If that table could talk - it could share so many stories from so many birthday's, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, and just meals where the family and/or good friends have gathered!   Sometimes the number of people are not so many; while other times there are so many people we have to set up tables in the living room to make space for everyone.   Many of the faces are the same people, while others have come and gone.  In my mind, I always imagine that Grandma and Grandpa are sitting around that table, enjoying the family-time.  I can remember being small and having my Great Grandmothers at the table.  As some of the faces at the table change, so do the dogs that lay around hoping for a dropped crumb or two.  Or three. 


This year we are getting double-time out of our Thanksgiving.  Not only are we gathering for the big Turkey Day; but on Sunday we will be gathering once again for an After-Thanksgiving Luncheon.  Some of the family that can't make it here for Thursday will be here to celebrate then.  I'm hoping we can have more of these get-togethers.  When Steve was home this past summer for a quick weekend visit while picking up his girlfriend and her truck, we had a few large get-togethers.  One meal was a brunch where I fed 17 people breakfast!  There was much laughing and talking.  There was no shortage of eating either.  These times together are precious to me - my family and my friends are my life. Time spent with them makes for more memories, and more memories gives us more to talk and laugh about at the next gathering.