Real Life is Better Than Fiction

Besides the obvious as a time for giving thanks to God for all of our blessings, Thanksgiving means different things to different people. Some people spend the day watching football. Others spend the day perusing Black Friday sale ads. For me, it’s all about the food. I love to entertain and I love to cook. More than that, I love to eat! When I was a child we would spend every Thanksgiving at my Grandma’s house. She would fix enough food to feed an army. One of her specialties was cole slaw, which she made special for me. And then there were the rolls… My job was to put butter on the tops before she put them in the oven. However, not all Thanksgiving dinners from my past were so pleasant. One year, after my husband and I were married, we were planning a huge Thanksgiving dinner with our family. We had family coming from all over. I was so looking forward to cooking when one relative had a great idea. He suggested we all go out to eat. Although I was a little disappointed, I wen...

We can all think of things our parents said that as children we always thought were silly statements to make. Let’s face it, now that we are parents, we find ourselves saying exactly the same things. We’ve even added some new silly statements of our own. This is the one I heard today that brought all these memories to mind: “Repeat after me…We do not eat boogers!” (I’m not sure I want to know what instigated this conversation!) “I’m gonna knock your heads together!” (Never knew a parent that actually did that.) “Do you want me to knock your teeth out?” (Like parents really want to pay more for dental care!) “Do you want me to come out/up there?” (The obvious answer would be “No.”) “Tell him you’re sorry!” (But what if he isn’t sorry? Just because you make him say it doesn’t mean he is.) “You act like you were raised in a barn!” (I know kids who were raised in barns and believe me, they act like it.) “Were you raised by wolves?” (In a child’s mind, that would be the coole...