Thanksgiving 2020 is now history. Many families, used to gathering together, celebrated in a much smaller way. Much smaller.
Our day was broken into two parts......we enjoyed pie for lunch (four selections!) in Megan and Mike's back yard with three dogs and our teenage grandsons.
At one point Megan said to me "I don't want this to become an annual tradition at all....but I am proud of us that we came up with a way to be together and make a memory!" And I agreed.
I have so many memories of Thanksgivings. All the years while I was growing up when we gathered with my cousins at Gramma and Grampa's house up on a small lake near Antioch, Illinois. Gramma's pies, that huge traditional meal, a walk through the country to digest! Other Thanksgivings after Dave and I were married.....my mom and sister flying out to our first house in New Jersey, or years we shared the day with our New Hampshire friends or the two years that we celebrated while living on our sailboat. Some Thanksgivings were shared with Dave's mom and his side of the family in Massachusetts. Terrific holidays spent at my cousin's farmhouse in Indiana with a big crowd gathered from all over the country. Looking back I realize that our Thanksgiving holidays were pretty "flexible" and each has a place in my memory bank.
This year our day ended with dinner for two....turkey and vegetable ordered from a nearby restaurant and a few sides prepared at home. Dinner for two set at our dining room table instead of the way we eat most of our dinners using TV trays while watching "Jeopardy".
Thanksgiving 2020.....unique.
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