T-day 2020

Well, it wouldn’t be Zoomsgiving 2020 if things had gone off without a hitch. Soooo, when Zoom time finally arrived, we were, of course, still in in the thick of cooking our simple meal for four, and we couldn’t get the kids video to work, though we tried two different computers. 

As I was swapping out cords and getting my hands swatted away from the keyboard by my 7 year old, I heard the family singing Happy Birthday in the background from my iPad in the kitchen. My birthday is tomorrow, but somehow, amidst the confusion of two nephews birthdays, an anniversary and a pandemic, my mom forgot or lost track of days and her only daughters birthday IS somewhere around Thanksgiving... a day early is better than a day late though, of course. 

I gave up on my kids being a part of the family Zoom event, and made it back to the cooking and the screen in the kitchen in time for the first two musical performance attempts that my brother and his daughter made, both on mute while the rest of us helplessly pointed to our ears and waved enthusiastically; trying to get their attention. Third time was the charm, and even with the poor sound quality and sketchy noise blips and cut outs, you could assume their skill and the joyful music they shared. It was almost like we were all together in person. 

Zoom ended just as pie bubbled over and started burning on the bottom of the oven. We scraped it off and fanned the smoke and finally our meal was ready. 

The butternut squash lasagna and candied nuts on the salad turned out perfectly and were delicious. As my husband and I took our first bites and mmmmmm mmmmed, and expounded on the many things we are grateful for, our children wailed at the disgusting looking meal, which was all they were going to get for Thanksgiving dinner.

I am so very grateful for my family. They support me and believe in everything I do. They fill my heart to the brim!!