
Memories of Childhood Thanksgiving Services
We gather together
we stand with heads bowed
to ask the Lord’s blessing
on this dear old crowd.
We gather together
we stand with heads bowed
to ask the Lord’s blessing
on this dear old crowd.
Large families, when things are oiled smoothly with courtesy and grace and fair treatment and forgiveness… and good food and other things… can be very merry groups of people. Josh and I are fortunate to have lots of siblings and cousins and aunts and uncles and grandparents, and getting together with them is one of the great pleasures of our lives. When you’re freshly married there’s a strong pull in another direction – to form a family identity for your new family. A big extended family is somewhere between public… Read more Holidays; Family; Santa; Generosity; Expectations; Stockings; Tradition; The Prince of Liechtenstein; Best Kid Gifts →
Mealy potatoes, Moist rice; Some things the poor eat Are rather nice Out of God’s hand Life flows; Into his other hand Life goes