What I loved about Thanksgiving...

I loved:

• Cleaning the house and all the planning and preparation for visitors.
• Spending the day before cooking at my leisure.
• Welcoming 19 friends and family to our home.
• The smell of all our favorite, traditional dishes perfuming the air.
• The sound of happily chatting voices through every corner of the house.
• Candles and flowers.
• Eating!
• Cooperative guests helping by bringing food, cleaning up, washing dishes...
• Time with my dear family.
• Leftovers!