We have been adopted!

Our “across-the-street” neighbors have adopted us for all holidays including but not limited to Thanksgiving and Christmas. They have a LARGE family, 9 grandchildren, one son and two daughters plus spouses, and his mom. Try getting that many people, all going in different directions, to sit down and eat in unison. Mission impossible. OMG the food! Ham, turkey, sweet and white potatoes, gravy, corn, dumplin’s, fried okra, deviled eggs, cranberry sauce, black olives, cornbread dressing, green beans, fresh yeast rolls, lightly sweetened freshly brewed iced tea, and so much more that I can’t even remember. There were at least ten different desserts including chocolate dipped bacon strips (delicious), strawberry pretzel layer cake, assorted pop-in-your-mouth chocolates and other usual and unusual delicacies. Even though I used the tablespoon measurement method (one tablespoon of everything) I was completely and delightfully stuffed. I come from a large family but we never all got together at one time (thankfully). I can only imagine the pandemonium. And my mom would have run screaming into the woods to escape. We spared her having to deal with that many people by scheduling visits far enough apart, one family at a time, so she could recuperate between each one. My brother only brought one grandchild at a time. I guess Mama’s nerves were shot from raising us and little kids running around must have brought back her years of child rearing terror. She will never see her great-grandchildren because she just turned 90 years old and probably would die of apoplexia if they were to visit. I like being around little kids, eating a little too much, and talking with our adopted family. Keeps the holidays light and bright.