What I'm Thankful For

Yes, this is a day late, but sitting around my parents' table late in the afternoon, I thought about what made me thankful this year. I seriously considered saying it aloud, but that would have garnered some bizarre looks from my family. Not to mention, it would have seemed too much like a cheesy Lifetime Holiday Movie.

I was (and still am) most thankful that my Dad was around to sit at the head of the table, tell jokes, reminisce about the honeymoon trip to Europe then my Mom being roped into cooking Easter dinner -- for my Dad's entire family -- the day after they returned. He walked around without a cane for most of the day, his selective hearing finely tuned so that he didn't hear when my Mom asked for help with something (but he had no problem with the James Bond movies on TV). Everyone forgot about the accident from April and enjoyed the wonderful turkey, my Mom's candied sweet potatoes, lots of stuffing and lots of lively and funny conversation.

We sat in the family room afterward, my brother falling asleep on the couch while the rest of us talked about -- well, I don't exactly remember as I was falling asleep in the rocking chair.