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Mine was 3 years ago - My Dad had just found out that he had terminal cancer & we knew that he might not make it to christmas - My whole family came to my house for dinner, including Dad & Mom - My 2 brothers & my 2 sisters & their spouses, My husband, all of our children & their significant others - A couple of them have children, Dad's great grandchildren, All of us were here - Our Pastor came down & took our family picture - We knew it was going to be the last one - My brother Scott who is a minister said some words before we ate about how much we loved Dad & how much he had meant to us over the years - It was very sad but was very important to all of us that he said it - Then my Dad said some stuff & we ate dinner - 3 weeks later, a few months before he turned 70, he went home to heaven - He was here for my sons bday (12/2) but a week before Christmas, he graduated - I sit here crying as I type this, but it was the most meaningful time that we ever had together as a family - As Thanksgiving gets closer, it brings back alot of memories - I miss my Dad, but am thankful for the times that we had with him, especially that last Thanksgiving.....
I don't remember where I was at, or who else I was with (besides DH), but I was sitting with a group of people at a round table with white "paper" cloth and crayons... we were encouraged to write on the paper cloth what we were thankful for... I remember not writing the words but drawing stick figurines, and something relatively close to what was ordered at our table, and the solar system - basically life and being apart of it.
__________________ "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path, and leave a trail."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
The 1st time I cooked for dh family, we lived in a bi-level. I had taken the turkey out to carve when it took a flying trip down the 6 stairs to the family room, where everyone waited,. Luckily I had really cleaned cause it was the in laws , so we picked it up and carved and served it. We still laugh about it today
__________________ You cannot stop the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from nesting in your hair
This time, the theme is going to be autumn/Halloween so your stories need to use smilies to express as many words as possible and your story should be focused on anything that has to do with autumn or Halloween.
Members will be allowed to submit one story pertaining to a Halloween story and one story pertaining to an autumn story. Please click here to enter!
Special thanks to RobertaD for sponsoring this contest. Be sure to visit her Avon website!
It's time for another smiley story contest!
