For thanksgiving this year we spent a few hours (along with others from the ward) by helping a local church deliver meals to members of their congregation that are shut-ins. It was a wonderful opportunity to give thanks to our Heavenly Father by giving service to others. I hope our ward continues to do this every year....and who knows, as the kids get older we may be able to help with other aspects of their community Thanksgiving meal.
Liam definitely didn't want to wait in the car while his "sissy's" got to get out and help deliver the meal.
In the afternoon we packed up the van and took the long and treacherous drive....3-5 miles down the road, to Granny and Papa's house to join other family members in eating our Thanksgiving meal. Here are Delaney and Liam with cousins, Daniel and Ragan.
The favorite place for the grand kids to eat is in Granny's bedroom watching cable TV. Since, we don't have this at home, it's a treat for them....and why not, it's a holiday. Enjoy the mind rotting shows, I'll just have a bunch of classics for you to read when we get home to counter-balance the jello brain you'll come home with afterwords. (all of this is said tongue-in-cheek, of course ;)In all seriousness, we have been richly blessed--so much more than we deserve. It's been a wonderful time to contemplate and ponder all that the Lord has given us, for our bounteous blessings and yes, even our trials and hardships. Through all the good and bad, we have come closer to our Savior and feel his love in our life daily.
For this we truly give thanks.
For this we truly give thanks.
You make me laugh, "long and treacherous drive" and "jello brain".
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a lovely Thanksgiving. ☺
I had fun making cookies for the event. I wanted to deliver meals too, (I miss doing that through the Aiken Area Council on Aging.) but Aaronwas scared we'd get lost and we had his brother and HIS family coming in from Ohio.
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