I had a wonderful Thanksgiving. It was beyond lovely in so many ways. I had begun preparing the meal a few days ago by making my sweet potato casserole. I had also made my praline apple bread and two pies, so today I only had to cook the turkey and make the mash potatoes as well as the asparagus with homemade Hollandaise sauce. Should have been a piece of cake.

I was getting a bit stressed though. It was already 10:30 am and my daughter’s boyfriend was to arrive at 11:30. They had to eat and run because they had another family dinner to attend with his family.

My daughter came down from upstairs and told me that I needed to clean up the living room. I told her I was cooking to get everything ready. She took it upon herself to clean for me and did she ever do a great job. She even got my son to help out a bit with the cleaning.

Then while she was upstairs getting ready my son set the table and he also carved the turkey. Their helpful nature made it so much more fun for all of us.

My daughter’s boyfriend is a gem and made quite a fuss over my dishes. It was the first time I had hosted him at my house for a meal and I was a bit nervous. He immediately put me at ease with his kind words.

I love having holiday meals with my family. I don’t think I ever remember enjoying a meal as much as I did the one today. It was grand. I think it was because I spent so much time in prayer over the day. I know my daughter loves her boyfriend and I wanted her to be proud of the hosting job I did. I think I may have accomplished my goal but I couldn’t have done it without the help of my family and the most important member of my family; my sweet and wonderful heavenly Father.