Hello and Happy Thanksgiving to my friends in the U.S.! It's a big day. We're hosting our 12th annual Thanksgiving Dinner at church. Adam has already left this morning to spend his day in the church kitchen, preparing 2 turkeys, mashed potatoes, yeast rolls, and gravy. I made whole cranberry sauce on Tuesday, a pecan pie yesterday, and this morning I'll bake my mother's amazing sweet potato casserole -- not the one with marshmallows, but the one that tastes more like a dessert.
Thirty-eight people will attend the dinner, most of them not from our church. This is a community event.
Last week we were in West Virginia (Wild! Wonderful!) for a family wedding. My nephew was married amid a snow storm in a rural state park. It was magical.
Adam officiated the ceremony. My mother, who is 90, looked lovely. That's my brother too, father of the groom. And my sister-in-law made a delicious and stunning carrot cake for the couple's cake.
I've been doing a little creative activity. I'm making little hand-stitched alligator-clip bookmarks.
I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Being grateful reminds us of the goodness of friends and strangers around us, and of the goodness of God. It reminds us that we are loved. YOU are loved, dear friends!
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