Today we wake up to bits of snow on the ground, dry roads for traveling, and gray skies (as usual in Michigan). We are thankful for many things in our life this year. We are all healthy (all 6 of us!) we are thankful for Taryn being home with us, we celebrate our families today and the stability of our life right now in times of economic turnmoil, and we celebrate knowing all of you! Yes, we are thankful for you! Your friendship and love is the best Thanksgiving gift of all.
The holiday today will start with the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade on tv, then quickly get around all 6 of us to load up in the car with Grandma Sue and travel to Muskegon to visit and enjoy Turkey with the McCormick side of the family this year. This is Julie's mom's side of the family. We look forward to seeing family we don't see often, playing with doggies at their house and gorging on delicious turkey while watching football. We hope to catch a small cat nap before coming back home tonight.
Friday will not be a shopping day in our family, as we have to head the car to the Chicago area for a family funeral. Rick's Grandpa Clem (mom's side) passed away on Tuesday, and the funeral is Saturday morning. We will be joined by more family on this occasion that we don't see often enough either, so that will be wonderful and sad at the same time. Clem was 62 years old and suffering from a few ailments for a while now, so we were prepared, but you are never really as prepared as you think you are. It still hurts when a loved one passes on to be with God and is no longer part of our world. Clem is survived by Rick's Grandma Helen and she is the toughest lady around! She has lived a long wonderful life with two husbands and so where she will go from here is unknown yet, but she will have to make some life altering decisions now and so that will be hard for her to accept also. She cannot live alone and so where she will go is not known yet. Please pray for her strength and guidance for her as she makes this decision.
You might be wondering how Taryn is doing. She is doing very well. If you ask me, no one would be the wiser that she has not been in our family for her whole life. She is funny, quite intelligent, and SASSY too! She has been home for 6 weeks today. We are all adjusting well and getting used to her language and she to ours.
Happy Turkey Day to all of you!
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