Yes this week is the time when we as a nation celebrate the holiday of Thanksgiving, possibly because we too often lack this trait in our daily lives. It is a time of the year I think most of us are fond of. For me it is one of the best times of the year, followed by one of my least favorite times of the year, "the Christmas season", a time which has strayed far from its supposed roots, and has been capitalized upon, and a time of hopeful profit for businesses. But this post isn't about that, its about Thanksgiving, and my fond reminiscing of this holiday in years gone by.
Though for many people being around much or all of their family is part of their fond memories of Thanksgiving, my favorite memories come from a year when my brother Ben and I were the two people gathered for festivities and feasting. This was two years ago, our parents had gone to Ohio, to my grandparents house, and Ben had to stay home and work, I was able to go up and see Ben for the holiday, so he wouldn't have to spend it alone.
While there, we cooked like we would if we did have the family to feed, we needed to fully enjoy the tastes of Thanksgiving, despite the fact neither one of us know how to cook for less than an army. Not wanting to cook a turkey for two people, we each had a cornish hen, we had mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole ( we had to make our own french onions, and they blew away anything you could buy), and other traditional foods we insist on having at this particular time of year. After an awesome time of hectic nonstop cooking, we were able to go sit out on the front porch of my parents house, and enjoy the fruit of our labor. After stuffing ourselves to capacity, and then some, we were contemplating life and what to do with the rest of day, we decided we would go to a local state park and go walking.
It was a nice late November day in Northwest Arkansas, the trees baring or bare, and we arrived in our dads Honda Civic at the state park, we got to wandering the paths before we ran out of places common folk go, so we started blazing trails of our own. After a bit we came to a cliff face, and we happened to be at the top, so we had to find a way down, and we found a place we could climb down with some chance of surviving and keeping from serious injury.after climbing down cliffs and wandering fields we decided to find a road and get back to the car. we did so and I wish I had something of interest to say about the trip at this point but I really don't, it is just a fond memory.....I do have some more of these memories, on other holidays, such as New Years....but that is not what this post was about, it was about fond Thanksgiving memories......
Thank you for your precious time, Be blessed people, Be blessed. Happy Thanksgiving
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