I've mentioned before how weird this Thanksgiving is going to be . . . in both a good and bad way.
In January we lost my mother-in-law.
In April Beau finished his 4 years in the Marines with two tours to Iraq and returned to us safe and sound.
In July my Dad died after a really quick 3 day illness.
In October, my nephew transferred to the Philippines to keep his job for another 5 months
and this year my Aunt was put into a care home for those suffering from Alzheimer's.
Since we got married in 1972 I've been having Thanksgiving dinner at our house. This year the tradition continues with the exception of the number of people we're having. Only 23. That's a fairly low number for us.
My *relax* time before Thanksgiving day is spent decorating the tables. This morning, with a case of insomnia close by, I dug out the Thanksgiving accroutrements and decorated the dining room table.
So here's the dining room table.
I'll give you a closer look:
This year I added some things to the table that will represent each person
I'm missing in my life.
The jar of marbles were my Dad's when he was a young boy.
The Morton Salt for my mother-in-law
who LOVED salt on anything she ate
and lots of it please.
I was going to put the salt in a salt dish
but think the family will get a tiny bit of a laugh out of the
entire salt box on the table.
Always have antique postcards on the table
but this year added this little antique book
for Margie (my aunt with Alzheimer's).
Tomorrow: The *kid's table*
with
THE TABLECLOTH
& a little somethin' so my nephew can still be part of
our family Thanksgiving Day.
Now, gotta go polish silver before the sun comes up
& you really see what this table looks like!
Forgot to mention:
Opened the silverware drawer and found a
penny!
Pennies from heaven?