Home for the Holidays

Thursday, December 25, 2008

This Christmas I spent the holiday week with my daughter’s boyfriend’s family. It was a large boisterous group full of love and laughter. This was sort of the pre-Christmas party slash family reunion at the end of the year, you know a “let’s give it a last hey yall experience.” There was a lot of finger food, special dish contributions, wing dings, mini smoked sausages, seven layer salad and Chris' famous Carrot Cake, seen here to your left.

It has been many years since I participated in this sort of family holiday get together and I forget how wonderful they really are. I am sitting here writing this Blog and thinking about the upcoming New Year and what it will bring in the way of opportunity and future family gatherings. It continues to amaze me how family and food go hand in hand during these special times of the year and what an important part food really does play in the physical and emotional well being of people.

Next year one of my resolutions, besides to lose weight, is to feed the masses, to join a church or become part of a soup kitchen that feeds the hungry and helps those less fortunate than myself. I have always been so busy trying to make a living that I often forget to take the time to create a life and pursue a way to use my gifts.

As I look back over an absolutely divine life filled with God’s grace, the next 50 years will be filled with serving others less fortunate than me. No traveling to the Greek Isles or sunning on white sandy beaches, just serving human kind, making a real difference. This year I am wishing everyone a wonderful New Year and prosperity in every conceivable form.