Thanksgiving

It’s getting to be a food blog lately. While food is surely my passion – I prefer it stays as one of the passions and not the only. Need to write and think about other matters. 

As I was hanging K’s coat and bag at her class today, the teacher caught me off guard and said “Mrs. Pramod, are you celebrating the harvest?”, when circle time was in progress. Teachers are notorious for these types of things- whether you are the student or the parent. I tried to put a straight face, make the right eye contact to the children and answer to the best of my knowledge what we were up to for Thanksgiving. My answers were accepted with little smiles. Then she went on to explain the idea of sharing, friends, family and being grateful to the 3 year olds around her. Driving back home, I thought about recent happenings.

With the move to India coming in 2 weeks, I have been drowning in a pool of mixed emotions. Somewhere in those waters I need to find the virtue of being grateful for life over the last few years. As a matter of fact, my way of dealing with this big change has been – not to deal with it at all. And that will have its repercussions. Anyways, am grateful for God’s faithfulness. Through various events this year, God has been faithful in keeping us through everything that happened. Turns out, P is thankful for being humbled through our circumstances this year. Grateful to God for making us learn these aspects. Thankful because we are troubled yet not distressed, perplexed but not in despair (2 Corin 4:8,9). The icing on the cake was when K remarked that she is thankful for mommy's hugs. It made one happy mama.

So, what are you thankful for today?

That being said, we hope to make it to Thanksgiving dinner at a friend’s place. Got to be an interesting feast or feat may I add, considering they have planned a traditional spread? I have been assigned/signed up for Corn Bread and Pumpkin Pie – both of which I never made before. The hostess certainly places a lot of trust in me. Will blog my experiences with the encounter and maybe add a few pictures. Need to fancy up this online space. The blog looks SO blah right now and I can’t stop talking about food! Whatever!