Thanksgiving has many parts. A big
part of it is the smells that come in the week of preparation. Each morning you
wake up to a different smell, leave with a different smell on your clothes, and
come home to a different smell. Whether it is meat cooking, pies baking, or
decorations being pulled out of closets and basements, they are the smells that
let us know that something is coming. For those of us in school, we already get
a taste for the holidays by being off for the week, but those with jobs, or
those at lame schools that only give you a long weekend, those smells, sights, and
sounds, the things that awaken your senses are the things that get us ready for
the holidays. So even those still in their morning commute can get excited.
Thanksgiving and Christmas preparation, especially the food prep, has become
one of my favorite times of the year. We started making food on Monday. It’s exciting.
When we remember to enjoy these things along with the actual holiDAY, we get so
much more out of the entire week, months, and even years. It also has given me
more time to spend with my family, especially my mom. This school year I have
been a crazy busy fast moving train, and it’s nice to slow down and appreciate
what we have and remember how much we love our families.
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