Being away from family for these holidays is a whole new experience. We've never done it.
This year will be weird, but hopefully full of great new memories.
I love Thanksgiving. It's like Christmas, but cheaper.
The meal and being together... I love the games afterward. The long walk.
The shopping the next day.
I am prepared to spend Christmas away from family just because there's so much to do...the special Christmas service, presents, Christmas movie, playing with your new stuff...
But Thanksgiving is different and thinking of spending our very first holiday here alone was kinda sad.
I know friends never replace your family, but sometimes they can make you feel like you've got people when your family people are 1500 miles away.
And when this friend asked if our family would want to spend Thanksgiving with hers, I was so relieved! She actually asked me before we moved...and she has just moved too. I think we both might be feeling that little pang of lonely for our peeps...so we'll be each other's.
The bags are packed, the pies are baked. My kids are bouncing-off-the-walls excited.
We're headed to Richmond!
The Stahles and the Hutchinsons will do all those family things like walks and games and shopping, as a friend kinda family. And that is good. Very good.
This post could also be titled: "So I'm Spending Thanksgiving with a Girl I Met on the Internet." And that's definitely true. But for all you disbelievers out there, you really can make real friends via blogland...real friends that feel like family.
Happy happy happy Turkey Day! See ya in a few :)
xo,
alicia
PS: I'm guesting over at KOJO Designs today...HOLY wowzas!! Kirsten is doing this fab series on handmade gifts for guys and I did a tutorial on a guy gift...go see!
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16 comments:
I'm so glad you won't be alone for Thanksgiving. We've had lots of "alone" holidays and they're hard. I hope you have a great trip and a great Thanksgiving with awesome memories created.
our very first Thanksgiving
as a married couple
was spent far away from family
so we invited another family-less
couple over
and celebrated together
it helped to make
and otherwise lonely day
enjoyable and memorable
i do hope yours
is both of those things
alison
Happy, happy Thanksgiving!!!
So glad you'll be spending it with great friends.
Your tutorial is just wonderful, too!
Love it!
xoxo
Oh sweet friend! Love the sweet lil' feet turkeys, love that you're spending Thanksgiving with your dear friend and love the hankies. Have such a fun fun time (I know you will) and I will pray for safe travels! I am so thankful for you!
YAY!!! Would you just get here already...geesh;)!!!
Hope you and Becky have a great time together! I'm sure you will. Happy Thanksgiving :)
i told becky i'm so dang jealous of you. and now i'm telling you i'm so dang jealous of her. ; ) you two will have so much fun! enjoy it!!!
When we first moved to Texas, 1500 miles from my family I did not fare so well for Thanksgiving.....and here I am 7 years later and I still struggle with it! I am so glad you have plans! What a sweet internet friend you have ;-)
i am so jealous! seriously! there really aren't any words...
our thanksgiving is gong to AWKWARD to the n-th degree this year. i'm so dreading it. i'd rather be puking at home. but, at least you and becky will be having fun!!!!!
~tiff
Oh, I'm so happy for you! So glad you get some "family" to spend your first Thanksgiving away with. I think of you often as the possibility of moving away from family looms (sorry to use "looms" - I'm working on my attitude!) Love the turkeys!
We never lived my grandparents growing up and always did Thanksgiving with this group of friends from our family Bible Study. Christmas dinner too! And I have such great memories of that!
Have fun in Richmond!
Of course, I am beyond thrilled that you guested at kojo today! WOOHOO!!!
love
k
my bestie lives in richmond. i'm going there in january! have so much fun. :)
Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!! I'm sure you will!! I have a blog friend that I talk to daily, and cannot wait to meet her. So while you are away from your family, how awesome that you get to spend your Thanksgiving with new friends?!?!
Elise
Oh friend, have a wonderful time!!
happy thanksgiving gal- you two and your families will make memories together...
thinking of all our american friends today...
melissa- Miss Sew & So
x
I just read Becky's beautiful post and I am thrilled that your families were together.
Fondly,
Glenda
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