Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays. In fact, if you've ever been in conversation with me about favored days, I've always said, "Christmas, Thanksgiving, and fantasy football draft day, in that order."
This year is a weird one for us. Since I need to be on a flight tomorrow for work, our options for celebrating the holiday with family were extremely limited. Hence, for this Thanksgiving, for the first time in my 50 years, the only loved one I'll share the day with is Mrs. YDP.
However, I could not have a better person with which to share the day. It has been about two and a half months since her cancer diagnosis, and we've been through a massive amount together - the lowest of lows, and the highest of highs. Thus, even through our party will just be a party of two, a party it will indeed be, as her health and current state is something for which I'm so incredibly thankful.
We'll start the day at mass, and then from there go to a brunch at one of Green Bay's more mediocre restaurants. Normally, I'm all about cooking a turkey (actually, I can't remember back to how long its been since I didn't cook the bird), but with just the two of us, and with me leaving the following day, all that food just could not be justified. So we'll indulge on "just OK" buffet food, but will come home, turn the TV on, have a couple of glasses of wine and nap to football all the same.
Nope, for us this is not your typical Thanksgiving day. But for the health and future we've been granted, a quiet and deeply thankful day is just fine with us all the same.
Here's wishing you and your loved ones a plethora of blessings for which you can give thanks.
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