Taking time to Say Thank You
It’s Thanksgiving time and time to share what we are thank for. We went to Lakeland to spend time with my husband’s Mother this Thanksgiving. When we first got there she stated “I told Linda (Larry’s sister) to tell you not to come!” You see whenever we go anywhere I call it National Lapoon time meaning that we are just as crazy as the next family. It was my husband, my , Hollee, 16 years old, my son ,Taylor, 12 years old and my Mother who lives with us 80 years old that got in our car from Orlando and drove to Lakeland. In addition, we brought all the food and our little dog, Zoey. It was a chore.
Larry’s mother is hard of hearing and refuses to wear the hearing aid that we bought her so again she yelled “I told Linda to tell you not to come”! I saw the look in my husband’s eyes (hurt) because she said that. She is old and is set in her ways and refuses to come to our house but yet she is lonely. I walked up to her and spoke loudly smiling “It is Thanksgiving and we should be thankful that we can spend it together. It was no trouble to come and thank you for having us”! What we thought was that she didn’t want us, instead she felt like it was a hassle for us to come and spend time with her. Thanksgiving was great and she had a good time with us. We even invited Larry’s brother down the street to come to dinner.
We left around 6 p.m. in time to get home to watch a movie called “Click”. Adam Saddler was the work alcoholic that didn’t have time for his family. I come from a very close family. The more the merrier. It was hard for me to move to Florida and leave my family behind. The party house was my house and I would always do whatever I could for them. The moral of the movie “Click” is that FAMILY COMES FIRST. So this Thanksgiving I would like to thank my mother, daughter, two sons and my husband for allowing me the time to share myself not only with my students but with my women’s group.
I would also like to thank my students and the women from my women’s group for allowing me to be part of their lives. Each woman and student has touched my heart in a special way. May God Bless you all. I love ya all!!! Happy Thanksgiving!!
PS Oh I can’t forget about being thankful for the food – now I need to go back on my Jenny Craig Diet
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