Thanksgiving Expectations
Mitch Albom asked the question yesterday, "Is there something that always happens at your Thanksgiving celebration, something that you can predict because it always happens." Then he said that at his family celebration, which includes many people, there's always a time shortly after all the plates are filled when someone will remark, "My, it's awfully quiet all of a sudden," and then someone else will respond, "That's because everyone's eating."
Yes, that does happen, when lots of people start eating. Quiet descends.
Thinking about our own Thanksgiving celebrations, I was reminded that there would be several kinds of pie, and when my dad would be asked which he wanted, he would always say that he wanted a little of each. I think we could count on him to say that. He really enjoyed the pie. He'd have liked my apple and pumpkin pies this year.
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