Well I was remembering last Thanksgiving..sitting with tray tables and trays full of MGH hospital food (not bad really) with Kai and Timmy and Max surrounding Caleb's bed and feeling pretty darn good about how far we have come over the past year. The Potter/Lindsay/Timmy family will be counting their blessings this year around a stuffed Turkey at my decorated table in my cozy warm home by the fire.
I have been wanting for the longest time to comment on a big part of my support group which has remained unmentioned. Namely my family back in Ohio.
Both my parents have been gone awhile now..Grandpa Beezlebomb and Grandma goody as my children knew them ...but my oldest and wisest sister Laura and husband Ed live in my hometown of Fremont, along with my brother Steve who I hold responsible for all the dissapointing dates I have had had over the years, since he is the man I hold all standards to.... and then there is the pretty one of us girls..and clever and wins for best mother; Suz..then comes Carol whom you all know as the one you want to put your money on when you need a fighter on your side...and then came me followed by Jean.....who is the worlds funniest person and the most generous.
I have a very special family and all of them have special significant "others" who are equally wonderful.
Funny how as a younger woman I felt the need to find my own place in the Universe and I have never regretted moving to my new home in Fleet. But there are times when blood ties are so valuable and irreplacable and I am missing all of them now. My family has become so small and I miss the giant pot-lucks and crowded, noisy family gatherings of home. I want to thank them for being with us through this past year and for holding me in their hearts.
For me, having family has become the focus of my existence...nothing finds a place with more importance than this. And now I have come to find that I have an even larger family than I had thought possible...bless all of you and enjoy your holiday as we will, with stuffed bellies, gravy drippings on our shirts, a fat , begging dog under the table and smiling faces staring back over the pumpkin pie and enjoy the belessings bestowed on you. Happy Thanksgiving!
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And a happy and laughter filled one to you Miss Mumsie and crew. Miss you guys, & am content knowing you all have one another.
Much luv!
Sharyn,
I often check in to see how you are faring. Sometimes I think, "why?" but I think the real answer is that I see you as a mom who has had so much to deal with, so much more than I do, and I want to see that you are doing okay. I rarely comment...sometimes you have nailed it (whatever the it is) so clearly that there is not much I feel I can offer. When I read your entry today, I thought, "exactly." As we get older/wiser (synonyms?) I think we finally get that it is the simple things that matter, and often "family" falls into that category.
I'm waiting at this very moment for my 2 kids to arrive from Boston, from their lives, to celebrate the next few days. I'm in the middle of making chicken parm...why? Because they like it, because I can. We have some of our family coming on Thanksgiving day. And though there are times in the past I have found this stressful, this year I am really, really looking forward to seeing my mom, my brother, my sister, my "outlaw" inlaws and my niece and nephews. It's the stuff life is made of. I think that's where you are, and I think it's great. Happy Thanksgiving to you.
Mom in CT
Sending Thanksgiving blessings to all of you - especially those in Ohio!
I agree that family is really what Thanksgiving is made of, original, adopted or created. That and the really great food! I will be thinking of you when I cut into my pie, especially since I hear yours is better!
My little family has a tradition of taking turns around our table before we dig into the turkey and fixin's and putting into words the things which have brought us joy or taught us lessons or opened our eyes and our hearts over the year past. You and yours were at the top of my list of things to be thankful for last year...and the place belongs to you this year as well.
Enjoy your meal and your family and know that you are loved...
Susan
thank you
thank you
thank you
peace to you ALL
amy in ct
My family is heading to the Cape tomorrow to celebrate Thanksgiving together. We rent a house, and all 12 of us---three generations---get together and feel grateful for each other and for the fact that we can come to our favorite place on earth to celebrate.
Wishing you all a wonderful holiday!
Amy from western MA
Lindsay/Potters, Timmy, and Spudley feasting in front of the fire...sounds like a great Hallmark card! Enjoy!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
NY/Wellfleet Mom
Sharyn, Caleb, Kai, Max and Timmy,
Happy Thanksgiving to you all!
Sharyn,
If your sister Jean is funnier than you...I WANT TO MEET HER!
:))
Kevin
And a wonderfully happy Thanksgiving to you all!
Not certain what is happening here tomorrow as we on St.John and also St.Thomas have been experiencing a major Island-wide power outtage.The main plant on St.Thomas literally had a blow-up,fortunately happening before anyone got to work,and we have been without power now for 2 days. It has gotten to the point where power is able to be rotated between various locations on both Islands. So far St.John has had 3hrs of concecutive power---not quite long enought to cook a 20lb bird. BUT with optimism and a gas grill we will probably be able to make a marvelous dinner tomorrow and who knows maybe by that time all will back "on-line." At any rate friends and I will be basking by the pool at the next door neighbors (not as cozy as a warm fire but it will have to do!!)So with that in mind I,again,wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving and whoever gets to do the wishbone--I hope your wish comes true.
I'll miss you Amy St.John xx
Love to you Sharyn,Caleb,Kai,Max and Timmy.
This year, our tiny family is breaking with tradition... My wife Lana's parents visited us every Thanksgiving for years, but have now become too frail to visit or to entertain for the 'big meal'.
We had planned to visit the "other" grandfamily (my family of origin)this year but as of today, daughter #1 is sick as a dog (nothing serious, just a bad cold, but anathema to the old folks we'd be visiting) so we are going to divide and conquer: Daughter #2 and I will be en route to New Jersey tomorrow morning (after years of enforcing a "no interstate travel" policy on Thanksgiving... trying a new tactic, over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's house on the very day... hoping that the Tappan Zee Bridge has seen its worst by then) while Lana and daughter #1 stay home to eat the world's largest turkey leg and toss back a few cold pills.
We really don't want to be apart on Thanksgiving, but family is what it is... there are times and places, Christmas mornings and school recitals, when the focus is on the young, and other situations when the needs of the old folks take center stage. For us, this year, this moment leans toward the latter.
Blessings to the Potter / Lindsay clan, and to all of you who have made this corner of cyberspace a community. May we all find our own reasons to be thankful.
Peace,
Jerry
Sharyn,
Happy Thanksgiving. Thank-you for being part of my extended family.I give thanks for people like you in this world who help us look inside ourselves, to reflect, learn, appreciate, and be thankful for what we have. I am thankful that I stunbled upon Wellfleet so many years ago, and have been able to keep a little of that spirit with me wherever I go.
It has been a wild ride you have been on, I am happy to know that you are again having a traditional celebration in your cozy house - oh - how I can picture the scene, and wish I could be there to give you a big long hug!
I wish you and the Potter Boys a wonderful Thanksgiving.
With much love,
Claus
Thanks, many thanks for your words! Love o you and the fam! Happy gobble gobble day!
Love,
Kim
Dear Caleb, Sharyn, Max, and Kai..Have thought of you all many times today, and knew that all was well because you were all together..what could be better!
I was with my two youngest,and it was wonderful. They are very good together my Mari and Michael. Got to speak to my married son and his wife who live in Chicago. And, my brother from LA was in Marion, MA with his wife visiting elderly parents...we at least got to talk by tele....better than nothing.
My heart is grateful for our friendship, and for this Blogging community. I have learned much, and am so glad that our paths crossed, and that you all allowed us to walk with you these last many months.
Blessings to you all this Thanksgiving night.
Que duermen con los angelitos,
Con todo carino,
Melinda and MariElena
I am so blessed in so many ways, and one of them is my connection here. I have learned so much and believe that I am a better person for traveling this journey alongside all of you. You have been there for me when I needed care and support, and for that I am extremely grateful.
The picture I have in my mind of your holiday table is joyous and full of love and laughter...all much deserved.
I wish all of us well.....
As always with hope,
peg from PA
Dear Sharyn,
Oh, to be in Wellfleet in your cozy, beautiful home with your boys sounds absolutely devine. I always looked forward to sitting around your wooden farmer's table drinking whatever and chatting up a storm. It's rare to feel so connected to another person's home like I did to yours Sharyn. And the few times Peter and I make it to Wellfleet I long to sit there again.
I find that as my kids get older and so much of their lives are outside of the home, the days we are all at home are the most precious. So enjoy your holiday at home - there' simply no place like it.
Love, Elizabeth
I hope you and your family had a nice Thanksgiving. Your posts are always so beautiful.
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