Macaroni and cheese, candied sweet potatoes, collard greens, chitluns, sweet tea, and deep fried turkey… I’ve now experienced a true Southern Thanksgiving Dinner... 3 to be exact. At first I wasn’t so keen on spending Thanksgiving away from my family, but I was so grateful when we were invited to spend Thanksgiving at the church with our friends there. I was even more grateful when I received two more invitations to spend Thanksgiving with my neighbors!
I ended up being able to attend all three and now my stomach is regretting it. LOL. After attending the church meal I went to see my friend Ms. Shananay (aka Sister Pat). Ms. Shananay wasn’t having a very good day yesterday. Her son Carl had to work and her grandbaby was with her mother (other than that she doesn’t have any more family) so she was feeling pretty lonely. Luckily, she decided to put on a good face and invite me inside. We got to talk for a bit and started laughing pretty hard (especially when she talked for 10 minutes about ‘Jerry’ – I thought she was talking about her landlord but she was actually talking about Jerry Springer). I enjoyed being able to keep her company so she wasn’t alone on Thanksgiving.
Finally, I went to Ms. Rouse’s house. She lives a few houses down the street. Now, Ms. Rouse lives in a pretty small house, but somehow she managed to pack about 40 people inside! It was utter chaos, yet I still enjoyed meeting her huge family and watching football with them (even though I had no clue what was going on :P).
Ultimately, it was a good Thanksgiving. I ate WAY too much and think I’ll probably have a food baby for the next week! Haha.
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