Thanksgiving and Beyond!!

Thanksgiving has come and gone.  This was the first year that I have not made the journey to the Land of Milk and Honey to eat at my Mother's table.  Instead, the family came to me!  Both families (Angie's and mine) came to Augusta and we celebrated at our house.  It seems appropriate that this new tradition started this year seeing that we have had so much change accompany this segment of our lives.  New city. New house.  New Schools.  New jobs.  New Career.  These are some of the changes that we celebrate this year!  Like everything in my life, I usually can't appreciate things until I am through them and I gain the perspective that only time offers.  My new Thanksgiving Celebration was no different.  I love when my family has the chance to share the same space and this year I was able to enjoy both sides of my family at the same time!  We had PLENTY of food and plenty of LAUGHTER!!  (I truly believe that you need both to live and grow.)  I was surrounded by people that I love and people who love me.  I soaked up the sound of my children's laughter while watching my parent's love for them over-flow.  I watched my wife co-ordinate an unimaginable amount of Chaos into an event that seemed completely planned and well thought out!  (I am so thankful that she said "Yes" so many years ago)  I ate and ate and ate.  My mom, mother-in-law, aunt-in-law, wife and both sister-in-laws put out a spread that could have fed a third world country for a month!  I am always surprised at how much food we have and I realize how blessed that I am to have it.  Between the food, the decor, and the people that populated it . . . Southern Living didn't have anything on us!  This year I have so much to be thankful for . . . and I am.