Together Time

* Thanksgiving is coming and I am giving thanks for a time to gather. This picture speaks of stillness and serenity. Our table will burst with laughter, spills, salty gravy, mothers fixing plates, dads in need of a couch, football games and ear plugs, children who want to brave the cold to jump on the tramp and Kenta who is waiting to jump on them, phone calls to draw loved ones and our need to imagine them here.There will be mounds of dishes and turkey grease, fingerprints on the windows, logs to put on the fire, crispness in the air, crayons and water colors, pictures to take, prayers to be whispered and thanks to be given.......this must be the heaven that I long for. Oh I am blessed!