Thanksgiving as I remember it, has been gone a long time. When I was young it was so much fun to help Mom in the kitchen. We would make pie-crust for pumpkin , mincemeat, lemon and chocolate pies. Make a fruit salad Mom called million dollar salad. And it tasted like a million.
[If you want the recipe E-mail me} gailturnbow@westernwoodcrafts.com I will
send it to you. Fresh sweet potatoes for candied yams. Yum, I am getting  hungry just writing this. We made cornbread to make dressing, cut onions and  celery and Mom would cook the giblets to put in the dressing and also to make the most wonderful gravy, to put on fresh mashed potatoes. Stuffing a big fat turkey and baking it till it was done. Working together in the kitchen to make these things was great quality time and great in learning to cook. All the stores were closed so if you forgot to get something you went without or had to borrow. Everyone pretty much stayed at home together. Some restaurants were open, but not many. We were a small family of four. After my brother and I got married we still continued with the same tradition. Now there was more people, so very cool. My husband and I got to eat twice. We would eat at my Mom and Dads at around noon, then at his Mothers around 7 pm. More people at his Mothers and we would all go for a walk after eating. Those days changed through the years of course as everthing does. My children  helped me in the kitchen as they grew up. What treasured memories I have and I am thankful for all of them. 

A lot of people still cook , but alot order pre made dinners.  Stores are open and people have to work instead of being home with their families. After eating, lets go shopping. I have visions of people setting at the tables with cell phones texting each other, please pass the tato’s. Or something like that. No eye contact and no voices. I hope my visions are wrong and it is a great time for all.

Let us gather together and be thankful for all in our lives. Let us praise
God for all we have and Pray for more Blessings each and everyday. May we all prosper and grow. Bless this house oh Lord we pray, keep it safe by night and day. Thank you Lord for bringing us together on this Thanksgiving Day.
Thank you, GOD BLESS You
Amen

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