A Special Thanksgiving

If you have followed my blog you know my mom is terminally ill and in the end stages of the illness. She has stayed with us almost a year and a half beyond her doctors expectations. She says she will decide when it is time not the doctors.

She is coming to my home for Thanksgiving which will probably be her final visit to my house. I have decided to surprise her and decorate my house like it was Christmas which is her favorite time of the year. Don't any of you tell her. My dear husband has built a stand for my quite large Dickens village and it will be set up with care because she has always loved it.

Before mom got sick I had planned to have an village lighting ceremony every year with a slightly condensed reading of Scrooge. We had the first lighting but haven't had one since so this will be not only Thanksgiving but the beginning of a new tradition at my new home.

I'm saddened when I think of the changes coming but am so grateful for the time I have had. I am very lucky to have the type of family I do. We fight like other families but get over it quickly and move on. We have a bond keeping us close together that it seems a lot of families today don't have. We all even as adults have leaned on, loved and respected our parents. I love them both dearly.

I know it has been a while since I have written here but I hope to renew and invigorate my blog. I still intend to feature artist and craftsmen but will be doing some other writing from time to time too. I hope you come back and visit.