With the best of good intentions I started this blog. But as happens many times in life "I got busy about other things." Some times business can be frantic and draining. At other times business can be energizing. My business in these days has been the second kind. Vacuuming the upstairs rooms, accompanying my wife on shopping expeditions, observing her diligence in preparation in such a multitude of tasks, was energizing.
I was invited by our pastor to be one of four speakers at the 10:00 Mass. He said, "could you speak for three minutes, a bit bilingual, about what you are thankful for?" This too was energizing in preparation and completion.
Our Thanksgiving this year was tri-lingual: English, Spanish, and Russian. Lizzy's husband is from Kazakhstan and his mother has been visiting the U.S. for a time. This added the Russian language to our Thanksgiving. (As a side note: on our Viking Cruise this November, the pilot of the vessel spoke Russian and German and a bit of English. At the Captain's final farewell dinner we toasted our adventure. The Captain made the rounds to toast everyone. When he toasted Alva and I, in my best Russian I said "passeba". It is the only word I know in Russian. It means "Thank you."His reaction was priceless.)
After today life will return to our ordinaryness. But memories of 2 year old Zenny, Debbie's dog Zoe, Lizzy, Misha, Olga, Dorothy and Marie will linger on. I can't speak for our three upstairs cats nor our one downstairs cat, but their life will also return to ordinary.
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