Turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, rolls, pumpkin cheesecake pie... the whole enchilada! Well, almost. There wasn't any Spam (many of you probably think that's really something to be thankful for!!)Either way, with or without Spam, I'm still adjusting my belt from the wonderful dinner Dina made Thursday (or it could be from all the leftovers I've had since).
That being said, I'm sure that nothing we enjoyed comes remotely close to comparing with the feast or the celebration that Dad enjoyed. We can only imagine!
Here? Well, Thanksgiving Day has come and gone; but that doesn't mean that we've stopped being thankful! Not in the slightest.
As Dina, Elijah, Austin & myself drove down the road yesterday (on the way to the traditional cutting down of our Christmas tree), we passed by a church. A church we've only attended once - so not much for memories, right?
WRONG! The one time we attended there was when Dad was preaching.
I caught Dina glancing over as we passed by... obviously she was remembering too! I said something like, "everywhere we turn, huh?" To which she replied, "that's a good thing!"
We can find things to be sad about, and let them get us down in the dumps; have a little pity party and wallow in our sadness... or we can turn those things into wonderful memories to be thankful for! I choose the latter.
Momma T & I were chatting a couple days ago about all of the great tear-filled moments of memories we've each been going through. As we talked, it reminded us that all that shows is that our immense love for Dad.
By having so many things around us... people, places, smells, sights and more... that cause us to remember Dad - tears or not - obviously it's due to the fact that those things remind us of soooo many great moments that we shared with or because of Dad.
Does that makes sense? I guess I'm just trying to say this: Even if the memories may bring tears to our eyes, we'll take 'em! Those tears are a gentle reminder of how much we miss him, and yet an even stronger reminder of not only how much we love him, but how much he loves us, too!
Thanks God for all of these gentle reminders... and Thanks Dad, just for being Dad!
Happy Thanksgiving, Dad!
Johnny:)