Wow...i am writing on my blog again...what a shocker! Today was our Thanksgiving Celebration-we did it on Friday instead of Thursday because we still had a half day of school on Thursday with a short teacher in-service. I definitely did not have the energy to do a full dinner after a day of work. But i did manage to get the pies made and for the first time ever, i put the turkey in a brine. I did the turkey a new way this year and i think it did really turn out well... :)
When it was time to gather around the table and give thanks, Jeff asked us to share one thing that we are thankful for this year and it struck me of how many things i had to be thankful for. My heart just was kind of overwhelmed...i am not sure why it hit right then...it wasn't anything new to think about what i was thankful for as this is a tradition we all do, but as i looked around the room today, i thought of each of the people that were there and the many years we have been overseas. This is our 13th year here in Salatiga and we have spent Thanksgiving with a variety of people. While i will always miss our family, i am always so thankful for the "family" that we are blessed with here. Every year there are old faces around the table that we have celebrated this day of thanks with before, but then each year there are also new faces at our table. Even though family is far away, we are blessed with "family" here that make these holidays feel special. We have been here so long and you would think
that i would be totally used to baking and making turkey in the hot humidness of Java but i still think back to the many Thanksgivings of being in cold weather and watching my mom do the cooking. :) I guess no matter how long you have been somewhere, we always look back with fondness at what once was! So as i reflected today on all the years spent here as well as in the U.S., i am full of thanks and just in awe at how blessed i truly am!!
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