THANKSGIVING

Happy Thanksgiving to you all. This is Karen writing for a change. I just could not help but tell you how thankful I am to each of you who have helped us get to this point by your words of encouragement and your prayers. I have been cooking all day with my little granddaughter, Morgan. I will have to admit that I had a couple of tearful moments as I was preparing homemade cranberry relish with my Mom's old grinder that I remember her using so many times for Thanksgiving as I was growing up. Tearful, because although she is still living, she cannot remember the many happy times that she always enjoyed with us. Tradition has always been to attend a big family reunion with Mom's siblings and all our cousins every Thanksgiving. This year will be very hard for several of us. For Kenny, because of the death of his Dad and Mom, Raymond and Lois Jones, also for Rick & Ron because of the death of their Mom, Margaret Rockhill; and to Butch, Terry and me because our dear Mom is in a nursing home. We are hopeful that someone will bring Uncle James (age 95)and Aunt Mary Lee Jones, and I know that Aunt Mildred Thompson Holder (age 87) will be there. The older generation is dwindling and I can't even name all of the younger generation. It is a bit scary to realize that my generation will soon be the OLDER generation, but such is life. Although we have our aches and pains, we have so very many blessings to be thankful to God for. Terry's remission is one of our biggest things that we are thankful for. I am going to try to attach a few pictures taken recently at his 50th birthday party. May God bless you and your family this Thanksgiving. Love and Hugs, Karen