Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a nice Thanksgiving! We usually do a Thanksgiving lunch, and since a family member keeps kosher, we don’t do turkey and instead have dairy. We’ve tried doing meat and no dairy, but this way is better. This year we did branzino, which was tasty, as well as some traditional favorites like stuffing and cranberry-raspberry sauce. There was also mac’n’cheese and a delicious chickpea carrot dish with an herby greek yogurt sauce. After lunch, we had a chill day with board games, a brief bit of time outside where M learned how to climb a small tree, and there were lots of silly sister shenanigans and games. I had a few spare minutes after putting M to bed and filled a page in my planner with a gratitude list. It was a nice way to reflect, and forced me to think outside of the more big picture things to specific things I was grateful for as I got further down the list.

I hope that if you celebrate, you had a happy Thanksgiving and got a chance to be with some people you love. Thanks so much to everyone who has connected with me through NaBloPoMo--I’ve really loved getting to know so many of you this month and reading what's going on in your corners of the world.