This Thanksgiving, I found myself thinking a lot about my second ever post; our first Thanksgiving in the Little House. Three years and 604 posts later and we have a different baby at our table this year. While packing over the weekend, I came across the sweater that Iain was wearing in the photo from that post. I pulled it out to try on Galen. It was small on Iain in that picture, that was probably the last time he wore it, and it’s big on Galen now, but a close enough fit that it’s worth keeping out.
So, so much has changed in that time. Too much really.
Thanksgiving was the first holiday that we shared together in this house and if all goes as planned, it will be the last.
I guess that kind of brings us full circle and I’m not really sure what more to say about that. I don’t think that there will ever be another Thanksgiving that feels so profound as that first one here. I hope and pray that I’ll always appreciate what I have. That I will always be grateful.
As I sit here typing and thinking of all of this, I have a quiet hope, for a quiet and contented life. One where I never forget the joy of wellness, of life and of health, of family and togetherness, but my hope for our future is one of kindly whispered reminders; not the stark, cold reality of nearly loosing everything to really learn it’s worth. A few years of calm and peace. Let us never forget. Let us always know our blessings. Oh, but gently please, gently.
Oh Melody, my heart is swelling for you! This is a beautiful post- I hope so very much for a quiet contented life for you always- and I have no doubt that you'll always have joy.
Peace to you. This post was beautiful…thank you sharing.
Oh Melody, you're always making me cry! Of course everything makes me cry. Still you have such a beautiful way of illuminating life with words. It is very much in my heart that your family enjoy many years of peace, good health, and blessings as numerous as water drops in a deep, clear well.
Please rethink using an electric stove!
Why not gas or wood, but electric and then microwave cooking are so unheallthy for your lovely little family.
look up the crazy energy effects from electric stoves and hopefully you will switch for calm healthy peaceful energy in your daily cooking.
Emily