I don't need to do that

I already mentioned I am basically doing TV dinners for Thanksgiving.  I'll open up a couple of cans, jars and boxes, throw the stuffing in the microwave (I hope I have enough butter), and there's dinner.

I have a suspicion, though: do you think the "Average" American wife and mother is rated on the complexity of her Thanksgiving Dinner?  For instance, my adoptive mother used to put on a spectacular spread, feeding up to 40 people at one meal.

Just the baked goods were enough to make me drool, she always did a huge turkey, homemade glazed  ham, homemade gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole,  made from scratch yeast rolls, family recipe cream pie (if you want, I'll give it a post), pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and lovely cookies and fudge.  We used to eat ourselves sick, every year.

My Dad literally blew out his gallbladder a few years back, after Thanksgiving dinner.  It's funny now.

I did the dishes.  All the dishes.  [laugh]  I used to love to get the little crunchy bits of fat out of the turkey pan.

Now, as you know, my mood "bounces".  I may be up, lots of energy; Ron's going to get a nice dinner with turkey, ham, gumbo, dressing, etc.  Or, I may be down, and Ron gets a TV dinner.

So, I see all these ladies on Facebook, posting elaborate menus, and I think "I can't do that, this year".  I feel bad for a second, and then I think "I don't need to do that".

I like to think I am a thankful person.  God has been very good to me in so many ways.  He has provided so amazingly for us in so many ways.  I praise Him for that, daily.

Sometimes I feel very different: I'm not the woman, with the kids, cooking Thanksgiving dinner.  I'm the married woman with two cats, eating a huge handful of crazy pills with my Thanksgiving dinner.

Ron and I may do a Bible Handout, but I need to pray on that.