Looking Forward To Thanksgiving

Much of my enjoyment of Thanksgiving is in the preparations. The "looking forward" to the day. Imagining what it'll be like to sit around the table with our family. The planning, the preparing, the cooking--I love it all. And I'm thankful for it. Thankful for Bill, who delights in making it possible for me to do all this planning, preparing and cooking. Thankful for my kids, who are all headed home this weekend. Thankful for a new daughter-in-law this year. And a new grandson. And looking forward to being Sullivan's stuffing our gullets with the green bean casserole and cranberry sauce out of the can I can never seem to delete off the menu. The anticipation is almost as delicious as the event itself.So much to thank God for this year.I'm also looking forward to that banquet when all of my children will sit around a huge table thanking Jesus up close and personal. I don't know if turkey will be on the menu, or green bean casserole. But the one little Sullivan who won't be at our house this year will be there. The anticipation, in this case, will pale in comparison to the real deal.Looking forward to this Thanksgiving, and the one to come.