Happy Thanksgiving to you, Amy! I hope you manage to get your walk around the lake. If nothing else, know I’m thankful for our friendship and the group you’ve managed to wrangle together.
Happy Thanksgiving Amy. Thank you for always sharing so genuinely. I find there is always something in your words to hold on to and carry with me in my day, and I am grateful for that gift. I hope you enjoy your Thanksgiving in whatever way you spend it.
I was surprised to see a post from you mid week! Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you get that walk or just draw all day! Thank you for your post and I am grateful you share your words and amazing art.
In Canada it was in October as you remember. Thanksgiving slipped by this year as my daughters and their families were out of town. Both were with in-laws. I am grateful for the days I get to see them. I do not need a holiday and a big meal to be thankful.
I did buy a small bottle of champagne and made a toast to my sister who had a birthday the same day! She doesn’t live close by. We FaceTime.
I was so excited to see a post for you, a true thanksgiving treat, even though it made me cry.
It gave me a moment to think about why I am so hostile about thanksgiving now when I used to love it. I typed half a novel, but deleted it in favor of maybe putting it in my journal or into a post of my own.
I am grateful to have you in my life. Connecting with you, keeping an illustrated journal, and drawing with our Sunday group is the best thing to happen for me this year.
What beautiful writing, what deep thoughts. I have found myself thinking the same things, but couldn’t even begin to articulate them the way in which you have done. Things are difficult in my life, too, and I’m just searching for that bit of peace and restoration. It’s not going to happen today. But maybe tomorrow, or the day after. I’m sending thoughts in your direction. Life is both beautiful and very challenging. 💖
Amy, thank you for this honest piece of writing. Thank you for having the courage to press forward despite the unmet expectations. Thank you for giving the rest of us permission to feel disappointment while also taking responsibility. Thank you for the reminder that gratitude is always just a thought away. If you didn't get your walk, I hope you can take one in your mind. Draw yourself on that journey. See yourself in the spaces that bring you joy.
My husband awakened today with a sore throat. We've determined that it's not Covid (or at least that's what the test is telling us) and he's feeling up to the potluck we had agreed to join in a few hours. But, we ditched the other visiting we'd thought we might enjoy today. Our kids are too far to come home - we've not celebrated any of the major holidays together since 2018, the year the first one flew the coop. I miss them so. But, we make the best of what we have. I guess that's all we can ask of ourselves.
Grateful for you!
p.s. If I'm not mistaken, those turkeys are a breed called Broad-Breasted White. It's a weird tradition, if you ask me, this pardoning business. I know a little too much, I guess, so the gesture, while endearing on the surface, is irksome. But, I agree -- the birds themselves are quite impressive!
Thank you for the unexpected post this morning. It is just what I needed to boost my energy for the upcoming theatre of sorts.....Thank you for your always honest words that create a well spring of thought and reflection and, yes, memory, of all past years and holidays. Keep the faith and know that you reach many hearts through your words.
“I’m reminding myself that this isn’t the first time. I’m trying to breathe through everything that is rising up, once again, to swallow me.”
THIS.
And the incongruent layering of memories.
What a lovely, elegiac post. So resonant. So vulnerable and veiled all at once.
Thank you for this loveliness in the midst of chaos and The Triumph of Shopping that is this week. Thank you for the exhortation to peace and to action.
I am late to comment as usual but our week was topsy turvy. This post really resonated with me and the reminder to “Be flexible. Be patient. Be present. Be kind.” was just what I need right now. I hope your Thanksgiving was peaceful and I am, as always, grateful for the wonderful group you have brought together. ❤️felt thanks.
Happy Thanksgiving to you, Amy! I hope you manage to get your walk around the lake. If nothing else, know I’m thankful for our friendship and the group you’ve managed to wrangle together.
Happy Thanksgiving Amy. Thank you for always sharing so genuinely. I find there is always something in your words to hold on to and carry with me in my day, and I am grateful for that gift. I hope you enjoy your Thanksgiving in whatever way you spend it.
I was surprised to see a post from you mid week! Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you get that walk or just draw all day! Thank you for your post and I am grateful you share your words and amazing art.
In Canada it was in October as you remember. Thanksgiving slipped by this year as my daughters and their families were out of town. Both were with in-laws. I am grateful for the days I get to see them. I do not need a holiday and a big meal to be thankful.
I did buy a small bottle of champagne and made a toast to my sister who had a birthday the same day! She doesn’t live close by. We FaceTime.
I was so excited to see a post for you, a true thanksgiving treat, even though it made me cry.
It gave me a moment to think about why I am so hostile about thanksgiving now when I used to love it. I typed half a novel, but deleted it in favor of maybe putting it in my journal or into a post of my own.
I am grateful to have you in my life. Connecting with you, keeping an illustrated journal, and drawing with our Sunday group is the best thing to happen for me this year.
P.S. I was absolutely stunned by liberty and bell. I have never seen a turkey that looks like that, they are beautiful!
What beautiful writing, what deep thoughts. I have found myself thinking the same things, but couldn’t even begin to articulate them the way in which you have done. Things are difficult in my life, too, and I’m just searching for that bit of peace and restoration. It’s not going to happen today. But maybe tomorrow, or the day after. I’m sending thoughts in your direction. Life is both beautiful and very challenging. 💖
Amy, thank you for this honest piece of writing. Thank you for having the courage to press forward despite the unmet expectations. Thank you for giving the rest of us permission to feel disappointment while also taking responsibility. Thank you for the reminder that gratitude is always just a thought away. If you didn't get your walk, I hope you can take one in your mind. Draw yourself on that journey. See yourself in the spaces that bring you joy.
My husband awakened today with a sore throat. We've determined that it's not Covid (or at least that's what the test is telling us) and he's feeling up to the potluck we had agreed to join in a few hours. But, we ditched the other visiting we'd thought we might enjoy today. Our kids are too far to come home - we've not celebrated any of the major holidays together since 2018, the year the first one flew the coop. I miss them so. But, we make the best of what we have. I guess that's all we can ask of ourselves.
Grateful for you!
p.s. If I'm not mistaken, those turkeys are a breed called Broad-Breasted White. It's a weird tradition, if you ask me, this pardoning business. I know a little too much, I guess, so the gesture, while endearing on the surface, is irksome. But, I agree -- the birds themselves are quite impressive!
Thank you for the unexpected post this morning. It is just what I needed to boost my energy for the upcoming theatre of sorts.....Thank you for your always honest words that create a well spring of thought and reflection and, yes, memory, of all past years and holidays. Keep the faith and know that you reach many hearts through your words.
“I’m reminding myself that this isn’t the first time. I’m trying to breathe through everything that is rising up, once again, to swallow me.”
THIS.
And the incongruent layering of memories.
What a lovely, elegiac post. So resonant. So vulnerable and veiled all at once.
Thank you for this loveliness in the midst of chaos and The Triumph of Shopping that is this week. Thank you for the exhortation to peace and to action.
I am late to comment as usual but our week was topsy turvy. This post really resonated with me and the reminder to “Be flexible. Be patient. Be present. Be kind.” was just what I need right now. I hope your Thanksgiving was peaceful and I am, as always, grateful for the wonderful group you have brought together. ❤️felt thanks.