For Americans (I can’t speak for Canadians since my family left Canada several generations ago), probably no holiday speaks of home as does Thanksgiving. Whether fact or fiction, just the word brings on visions of the perfect family gathered around a table laden with beautifully cooked favorite dishes (each family with its own recipes for them), in a room warmed by a fireplace (and central heating) with snowy trees seen through the window panes. Of course, few families are perfect, the turkey is often overcooked, many neighborhoods and towns no longer allow real wood fires and in much of the United States there is little or no snow this early in the year.
Nevertheless, it doesn’t hurt to stop and think about that for which we can be thankful … Good health (well, fair), people to love (no matter what), people who still love us (no matter what), enough to eat (probably too much) and plenty to do (if you’re bored, you’re just not trying) … and the fact that you had the good sense to move to a place where they will let you build a fire in the fireplace and you don’t even need central heating.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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