Completely satisfied Thanksgiving to everybody. We began the day with our annual Turley Turkey Bowl, which has been operating for over 50 years. We then returned to arrange our huge household feast. We served conventional fare, together with turkey, stuffing, cranberries, Waldorf salad, pumpkin pies, and all the remaining. We ought to be in a meals coma in time to look at the NFL video games.
Our Turkey Bowl at all times options the Bears in opposition to Washington. I, in fact, proudly coached the Bears. The sport ended with a soul-crushing 24-0 loss. There have been the standard allegations in opposition to the Bears coach of fixing draft choices, misrepresenting down counts, and different infractions. Regardless of the deserves of these allegations (and there have been grounds), it didn’t appear to matter. Nevertheless, it does give Matt Eberflus one thing to be grateful on at the present time. He isn’t doing practically as unhealthy as “that different Bears coach.”
As soon as once more, my previous requests for a flyover from the Pentagon have but to be answered. We then proceeded to have a potluck feast on the sector, with donuts, muffins, scorching chocolate, espresso, and different morning fare.
At this time, we’re having our traditional two turkeys. One is brined and within the oven. The opposite is within the Inexperienced Egg for smoking (my first enterprise with a turkey on the egg). I made my traditional apple and cornbread stuffing. We now have 4 do-it-yourself pies, our favourite spinach dish, Waldorf Salad, our cranberry dish, and different favorites.
We now have all the youngsters with us, regardless of one in school, one making ready for graduate college, one in regulation college, and one in medical college. We now have dozens of regulars from the neighborhood, lots of whom have attended since they had been small children.
The Turkey Bowl is now an event for these children to see one another on break from their varied jobs and colleges. Having watched them develop up, it’s an incredible second to see all of them collectively. I’m so joyful that the Turkey Bowl has grow to be a part of their return house annually. Regardless of our greatest efforts, all of them turned out fairly darn good.
For many of us, Thanksgiving stays a day of household and friendship—a wanted pause from the divisions and strife we expertise day by day. That’s the reason it’s my favourite vacation. Thanksgiving is about sustaining the connections which have formed our lives and maybe making some new ones.
I’m additionally grateful for our prolonged household on this weblog, which has continued to develop at a document tempo. Lots of our readers are in international locations that don’t rejoice Thanksgiving, however we’re certainly grateful that you just proceed to hitch us and share your views on the weblog.
I hope that everybody can come collectively regardless of our latest divisive election. That’s exactly why that is my favourite vacation. It celebrates what we now have and may give thanks for, together with {our relationships} with others. As I watched all the “children” at our annual recreation, I used to be really grateful for our lengthy historical past collectively.
My household needs you and your loved ones an exquisite vacation. Completely satisfied Thanksgiving to everybody!