Inspiration Workshop: Thanksgiving

Each week, Gussy Sews hosts the Inspiration Workshop. Maggie provides us with a prompt and asks us to share what it means to us.

This Week: Thanksgiving

I run a residence hall at a university and, as my students head out the door for a week of Thanksgiving break, I'm just getting started cleaning our home and getting ready to host house guests! My parents are coming next Tuesday to stay in our residence hall apartment with us and celebrate my favorite holiday.

It's funny. My students keep asking when I'm going home for Thanksgiving. I try to explain to them that I'm grown up now (relatively speaking) and that my permanent home is here, in the hall. They look at me with wide, confused eyes and say "well have fun then."

Although it's a little strange to be the only folks in a 400 person residence hall, I can't wait!

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I have never hosted Thanksgiving. Heck, I've never bought a turkey or made stuffing, or baked a pumpkin pie. But it's on (with some amazing help from my parents of course)!

On the menu?

The usual suspects of course: turkey, stuffing, mashed 'tatoes, green bean casserole (that I'm pretty sure no one likes but me).

A few unique items such as:

homemade cranberry sauce (I can't share the recipe because my dad pretty much makes it up on the spot every year)

vegetable medley from my hubby's side of the family

corn- very important as I feel a perfect meal is only complete with the perfect vegetable

Kyle is also interested in making some kind of sweet potato casserole. Not the whole yams-with-marshmallows thing, though. Any recipes?

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I love everything about Thanksgiving. The family. The food. The colors and decorations. Coming together to simply be thankful for the Lord's provision and blessings without expectation of presents. 

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And of course, the essential thing for me, it's simply a cozy holiday.

Just a few more days!