Well, it will be obvious very soon. This post is a little tribute to my unbelievably amazing family and the effort we constantly make to stay in touch, talk often, and get together AT LEAST once a year for my favorite secular holiday: Thanksgiving!
I spent Thanksgiving 2008 abroad, away from my immediate family. It was the first time I'd experienced a Thanksgiving away from all fifteen of my cousins, not to mention Mom and Dad. While Thanksgiving abroad was memorable, it was no Thanksgiving at home. I'm so excited to spend this Thanksgiving with my family in the south- singing showtunes with the cousins, overstuffing ourselves on oyster stuffing, lounging in the beautiful weather, and laughing at our parents, asleep on couches as soon as the meal ends. Our thanksgivings really turn into "Thank-a-Thons," because as a family, we have so much to be thankful for:
Though it caused them a great heartache to leave, my family was able to evacuate New Orleans in 2005 just days before the flood waters of hurricane Katrina ravaged their Lakewood South home.
<--Abby and I caught a dish in our Thanksgiving meal: Mahi Mahi, yummy yummy.
We'll welcome new members to our family: cousins are bringing boyfriends and girlfriends, and the first among my cousins gets married four days before Thanksgiving.
INCREDIBLE food. You can't beat a New Orleans-style Thanksgiving. The pilgrims had shellfish at the first Thanksgiving, too, y'all!
See? My mom is giddy over the huge plates and the marshmallow-covered sweet potatoes!
And of course, we're all celebrating together. Nothing beats spending time with family. As Madeline and the other eleven little girls in the two straight lines say, "We love our bread, we love our butter, but most of all we love each other."
cousins and sisters playing around while the meal is cooking. From left: Maddie Fireman, Marlana Fireman, Abby Botnick, and Molly B. Botnick.
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