As
you read this, I am most likely stuffing half a turkey to roast while we go for
an afternoon hike. It is Thanksgiving
weekend here in Canada, and normally the weather on the west coast is mild and
pleasant. The children are grown with
busy lives, but will likely stop by over the weekend. There will be leftovers when they do. I love
my butcher who understands half a turkey is plenty for many of today’s
families.
Since
I have so much to be thankful for, I also celebrate US Thanksgiving next
month. I love the way the holiday kicks
off the Christmas season and festivities.
The first few years I had a hard time finding a fresh turkey here in
November, but I seem to have started a trend.
Some
years back, my Dad and my sister and I used to do an annual road trip to
Portland, Oregon on the US Thanksgiving. We’d arrive at the hotel in time for
dinner, shop ‘til we dropped for two whole days, one day downtown and one day at
the mall, then drive home on Sunday with our Christmas shopping complete. I remember the year the car’s trunk would not
close with all our purchases stowed inside. Stuff was being shoved onto laps, and under
feet. A group of bellmen gathered around
making bets as we repacked and reorganized, and burst into applause when the
trunk finally did close.
At
the time Sis and I were both divorced and Dad was widowed, so those days were fun
and memorable father-daughter road trips that none of us will ever forget. Lives change.
Dad remarried. Sis
remarried. I met my real-life hero and
the trips are no longer, but the memories live on.
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