Table for Two


Holiday traditions usually last for as long as there is meaning in them, like any rite or ritual. For Roger and me, the tradition of turkey for Thanksgiving has flown the coop! 

We didn't travel this year due to the rising numbers of active COVID cases. Instead, we talked about what we would really like to have for dinner. Our menu was simple, healthy and delicious! I made Asian chicken with bok choy, fried rice, homemade cranberry sauce, and roasted root vegetables. (My Eastern European ancestors would be proud that I kept the root veggies!)

I made us up an intimate table for two with a candle and a stuffed turkey (the cuddly kind). We gave thanks for all our bounty and enjoyed sitting side by side eating, reminiscing and giggling. 

Our Thanksgiving was complete! 

My purpose in writing this post is to show that we don't HAVE to have turkey or pumpkin pie or sweet potatoes with marshmallows if we don't want or like them. We can have peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and it would still be Thanksgiving. It is not the food that makes Thanksgiving, nor is it the football games, or the parade or any of the other things we get pushed into doing. What makes this day is being with those we love, (either face to face, virtually, or in our hearts) along with giving thanks for all we have. 

Hope your day was wonderful and full of blessings however you celebrated. 

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