My niece Sindi & I made an impromptu trip from Oklahoma to South Dakota for Thanksgiving. We first surprised her son around midnite, picking him up & continuing on; showing up at her parents home @ three o'clock in the morning. It was a nice surprise for her parents as well. Her mother (my sister), was still awake & happy to see us. I've thought about this, & pray I will be as receptive as she, if family or friends knock on my door in the middle of the night unannounced. It is not good manners, & I was taught manners. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. My nephews have their mother's recipe's perfected & carried in their assigned dishes.
We stayed four days. Sindi's son Morgan, lives in Sioux Falls. and had to be @work at 4:30 A.M. for 'Black Friday'. So, Sindi drives him back (two hours) & started shopping @five A.M., spends more time with Morgan after work & returns to my sister's home @midnite. She & Barbara wrap gifts until three. She purchased 'several wonderful bargains' for everyone ......she had a long list. I'm just too old to go thru that mess, but loved it when I was younger.
We ate leftovers, we ate leftovers, we ate several varieties of Barbara's homemade SWEETS, we reminisced, we played scrabble, we reminisced, (I have to put this in twice, because Barbara & I don't always 'remember the same' , she sometimes accuses me of being on another planet during our childhood. We drove the countryside finding the farm we lived on during our elementary years. We drove the road to our 'one room country school house'. Yes, just like 'Little House on the Prarie', which is actually in South Dakota. And, yes, we DID walk two miles to school everyday. We went to the cemetary where daddy & all the Stallman's are buried, & to Medicine Butte where mama's ashes are scattered. The picture at the top of my blog was taken during the scattering. We drove every block of our little hometown, which does not EVEN resemble the town where we grew up. Main Street is gone, along with any pride familys used to have in their homes & yards. I'm ashamed of how our old hometown looks.
I'm thankful that I am in good health and can drive a 700 mile stretch without incidence, to be with family during Thanksgiving, and thankful gasoline was averaging $1.65 a gallon along the way. I am thankful to be back home. I am sure Barbara is thankful to have her routine back. :)
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