Thanks

Well, Mike and I just finished our first ever Vander Deen family Thanksgiving dinner for two. Granted, it was a few days early, and did not include a turkey or apple pie, or even stuffing (not that I eat it anyways) but it was still very yummy and we were both thankful for it, so I think that qualifies it as a "Thanksgiving" dinner. Plus it's almost Thanksgiving, so what more do you need? Mike is such a wonderful cook - I came home from work to the smell of roast cooking and potatoes boiling, and by the time it was all said and done there was the table, laden with meat and potatoes and gravy and broccoli and cheese sauce. It certainly is easy to take all our many blessings for granted - here we are with great food on the table, each other to eat it with, meaningful things to fill up our days with, a place to live with everything we need and many things we don't, a fantastic family, a strengthening church community - when you are living in a bubble world of blessings it becomes almost hard to notice them unless you really sit back and count them. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!