"We are born in one family. If we are lucky, we get to choose another family in addition to our birth family. I choose this family. And I am so grateful!" --Carole Dyce, Thanksgiving, 2018
And we are a family! We've been through so much - good and bad, mostly good - together. This year we are especially grateful for the members of our chosen hurricane family who couldn't be with us for Thanksgiving last year because they were stuck on "the other side," off-island: Anna, Penny,Vivian, Lee.
What a difference from a year ago! We have lights and water and more people.
And even more food. Last year our turkey dinner was a surprise. On Tuesday night, just two days before, we talked about which of our post-hurricane dinners we would have for Thanksgiving. Grilled cheese? Peanut butter and jelly? Tuna salad sandwiches? Pancakes? Yes! Pancakes for Thanksgiving! How appropriate! And then Jeremy showed up with a turkey. In the immortal words of Arlo Guthrie, "we had a Thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat."
This year we were back with Carole and Rolf, in what has become one of my favorite places in the world - their back patio. And to quote Arlo again, "We had another Thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat."
But the best, the part of this I am most grateful for, is the people, our extended chosen Puerto Rican family. Thank you. Happy Thanksgiving.
To our birth family and our friends wherever you are, we love you and miss you, more than you can know. We are so incredibly grateful for your love and your support. We hope your Thanksgiving was full of love and joy and wonder and gratitude.
Ours certainly was.
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