Thanksgiving

This time of year always makes me nostalgic. Thinking about all of the family traditions I have grown up with as well as those I have grown to love in the last few years makes me feel a part of something special. While driving back from the Thanksgiving holiday with the Knapp's, I had a lot of time to think about some of these traditions.

It is comforting to know that some things have been the same for years and years. At my house, we always eat at E's, we have to have place cards there are so many of us, we will eat homemade rolls, dumplings, & pumpkin chiffon pie, we will play cards until midnight, and we will have enough leftovers so that Thanksgiving is a 3 day affair. At the Knapp's we will eat monkey bread, drink a little champagne and even more wine, have a beautiful, elegant dinner, and eat apple pie for dessert.

It is fun to see what new traditions are replacing old traditions, like running the Turkey Trot instead of watching the Macy's Parade.

And it is a blessing to know that while some traditions may come and go (i.e. frying a turkey on the driveway, while drinking beer and playing football), the heart of every holiday isn't in what you do or where you go. It's in the people that are there growing up and evolving alongside of each other so that each person's life is intertwined in this crazy, beautiful thing we call family.